Farmers push cactus as answer to world hunger
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- (15 Jun 2009) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Dimona, South Israel, 31st May 2009
1. Close up on Cactus flower
2. Wide shot of Cactus field in middle of desert
3. Close up of sign reading in English "Orly" cactus farm with Cactus rows in background
4. Travelling shot of Cactus in rows
5. Pan from farm to Dr.Tully Friedgut standing among Cactus
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr.Tully Friedgut, Senior Economist, Orly Cactus Farm:
"The - Opuntia, the Prickly pear is really a miraculous plant, and it can use relatively little water, certainly relatively to citrus, relative to mangos, relative to the kinds of plants that grow in subtropical climates such as Israel's is and we in our company, our dream is to harness science and the sun and with those two help create a world that is free of hunger of sickness and of poverty."
7. Tilt down of cactus bushes
8. Close up on cactus fruit with stems
9. Tilt up of tractor working in field
10. Close up of wheels
11. Tractor driving through field
12. Wide shot of tractor in field
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr.Tully Friedgut, Senior Economist, Orly Cactus Farm:
"In the world today 15 million babies or infants die every year, in a decade that's 150 million and it's not necessary, because this is a plant, it's not a high tech plant, anyone can grow it, even an economist like myself can grow these plants and with a little bit of help from someone who can cook can make the most delicious meals you can imagine, and so the people of these developing countries who today are suffering from hunger would be able to solve much of their nutritious problems."
14. Medium shot of box with sabra fruit
15. Close up hands of man peeling Sabra fruit
16. Close up of label on cactus and tomatoes salad produced in farm
17. Medium of food products made from cactus fruit on table
18. Zoom in on man tearing piece of bread made of cactus fruit
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr.Tully Friedgut, Senior Economist, Orly Cactus Farm:
"From these plants that you see here we produce fresh fruit, and also what appear to be leaves that are actually the stems of the plant. All of if is is edible and we have managed to develop a a line of more than 30 products all of them organic, and extremely nutritious and very healthy foods."
20. Close up on label showing nutritious values of products
21. Medium shot of stems of bush and fruits which are used for products
22. Man drinking cactus juice
23. Pan to cactus field
24. Zoom out from cactus field to cactus fruit
25. Pan of cactus field
26. End shot of Cactus field through desert tree view
LEAD IN:
Farmers in Israel are hoping to relieve the world of hunger by promoting the use of a desert plant.
Cactus Sun, based in Israel's scorching Negev desert says the prickly pear is versatile and has high nutritional value.
STORYLINE:
A splash of colour in a sea of desert.
The fruit of this cactus is the prickly pear.
It's a food Israelis are well accustomed to eating.
Natives of the country have even been bestowed with its Hebrew name, Sabra.
The sabra is normally eaten as a fresh fruit, but according to producers, Cactus Sun a wide array of foods can be produced from cacti - without leaving any trace of thorns.
More importantly, cacti needs very little water and is ideal for developing countries with arid climates that endure droughts and often hunger.
It's welcome news. The U.N. food aid organisation says the number of hungry people in the world could soon hit a record 1 billion.
Cacti need about half the quantity of water required for keeping citrus and subtropical fruits such as mango.
It is also believed to prevent weight gain.
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We've been eating those in Mexico for thousands of years. Their fruit is very sweet and contains a lot of liquid and the pads are used to prepare different dishes, mainly salads and are delicious. Now we are using them to create biogas and use it as a fuel for cars.
hi can you give me details how you use it in mexico
Thank you MEXICO for such an amazing plant. I know many countries will claim it originated there, but the fact is it was taken to Europe by the explorers, then it went to Africa and Asia.
MrTachyon3000 I just learned about tachyons but everyone knows ALL cactus are native to the Americas
Why you are so fanatic about cactuses?
You think some political line deawn on a map a few hundred years ago has anything to do with this amazing plant?? They grow in the US too, should we thank America for them? Or maybe the Spanish Empire?
@@lanmarknetworking3034 ...Show me which part of the USA the Nopal Manso grows wild in. Most of the areas where this cactus is grown in US by people was Mexico at one point.
@@MrTachyon3000 my point is it was many things.
You make it seem like nopale biological development and a nation-state and peoples only a few hundred years old are connected.
Also, to answer your question, the whole southwest and rocky mountains are covered in Opuntia.
To the people of Israel and the people who may be new to eating this fruit, be sure not to eat too much fruit on an empty stomach as it can cause an intestinal blockage. The seeds are very tough and DO NOT get digested.
Clicked on this video thanks to you MrTachyon3000, I wonder if the Israelis know of other cacti, the Xoconostle that gives a sour fruit, much like the Prickly Pear, the Viznaga, a species of barrel cactus, whose flesh is eatened, specifically cooked in sugar and eatened as is or used in adorning bread and the Garambullo, another species of barrel cactus which produce these berries, about the size of a blueberrie but purple in color and with many seeds. :)
@@qualqui .. Not a cactus, but, recently I found out that the Australians are growing blue agave and will try to make a liquor from it even if they can't call it Tequila.
The world is more knowledgeable especially with the internet. I'm sure they know about a few of the cacti, but they are growing the one that is more popular and grows quicker.
My concern about the Viznaga is that people may over harvest it and cause it to decline in the wild. I hope that doesn't happen, cause it takes a long time for some of the cacti to reach maturity. Even worse if they are removed and destroyed like the Menonites did in Chihuahua causing great ecological damaage.
@@MrTachyon3000 Interesting what you comment here, but if Australians are growing blue agave, why can't they call it 'Tequila'? Wine was first developed by the Greeks and other Mediterranean peoples, yet wine is produced in California, some countries in Latin America, Australia and South Africa and all of those are called wine. As for the viznaga, I could see how it could be over-harvested, giving the time it takes cacti to grow and while the Mennonites in Chihuahua may be industrious and hard working, they don't stop to ponder how to go about it in a sustainable manner.
@@qualqui ... Tequila is the name of a special mezcal made in Tequila; a town in Jalisco Mexico. If they call it tequila they might attract legal problems as well as backlash from people who know their tequilas. It's like making a sparkling wine and calling it Champagne which is a special wine made in Champagne France.
The Menonites sucked all the wells dry, but by then they had removed thousands of cacti from the land to plant their crops. Those cacti take 40 to 100 years to reach maturity. In the span of 9 years, they left the land lifeless and elevated the climate temperatures in the region. Simlilar ecological damage they did in forests of Coahuila Mexico, Bacalar jungle, also in Mexico. Everywhere they go with their large amount of child labor they ravage the land; then they buy land elsewhere and do the same thing. www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/americas/mennonite-farmers-prepare-to-leave-mexico-and-competition-for-water.html
If a person could get some support, I've often wondered if entire areas that are barren desert could be reforested, but with cacti/cactuses... whatever... and at the same time, something like this that has a clear additional food benefit... that's great, no? Once you can get millions of a plant to start to survive in an area, animals and other plants follow quickly. The Chinese are doing some stuff in Inner Mongolia with very drought tolerant trees. Anyways, thought for the day... How come nobody reforests with a thing that's practically made for the desert? Seems like natural candidate to me...
Definitely provides shade and topsoil development by encapsulating carbon and moistute, but it would require the permacultural approach to lessen the maintenance and workforce required to bargain some land from the desert. Some form of symbiotic cacti and mycus relationship should be discovered prior to deploying these on a large scale, as the nutrients and water would be carried and stored by the underground mycelium. Lack of drought resistant fungi prevents the ecosystem from blooming. arbuscular mycorrhiza is the only type of fungi found to have a relationship with cacti. If you would deploy living myccorhiza biofertilizers on such plantations, you would develop better farmland conditions over years. Incorporate mulching and youve got yourself a forestation technique for deserts.
Please do more videos show more of the various stages of processing from the pinking to the cleaning to the preprations -- the whole process of everything that you do
Israel, with the technological advances this small country has made, totally worth looking into your drip irrigation methods, considering that my State is also subtropical in climate and with a semi-arid climate(rains only in the summer, jun thru sept.). I salute you and am inspired by your effort and example. :)
You do know what happens when you eat too much of the fruit right? 🤣
You get constipated real bad, warn people.
The saddest thing about these wonderful plants, is the fact that many... many of the products that come from these cacti are VERY expensive in places where they are not heavily commercially grown. For example, in Texas they are available in so many stores that prices are extremely reasonable. Go one state over though... Like Florida for example and products from the prickly pear are almost impossible to find. Ones that are available are crazy expensive. Websites that offer a lot of prickly pear products for sale are taking advantage of consumers by offering their products as organic, gourmet, yada yada, so on and so fourth. These are cactus plants! It is a super food that grows like a super weed across much of the United States, and yet websites like puritans pride and grocery stores with tiny quantities of juices for sale are asking an arm and a leg for these products and it is ridiculous. Most of the stuff that comes from these cactus plants should be as available as bottled water and priced accordingly as well. It's a wonder why places like Arizona, Texas, and Mexico have not been stripped barren by cactus poachers considering the prices people are asking for prickly pear products. eBay sellers who probably get most of their cactus supply from wild growing cacti, sell single pads from rarer varieties for upwards of $50 dollars each. Give me a break.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO ! I NEVER THINK I GO LOOK THAT ; BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE , amazing. .
I'm in Thailand Want to order trees to plant How much does the cactus plant cost ?? 🥰
That palnt was also in india;when I researched on it I realized that there wear vitamin k in it. And with the help of that plant we also cure injuries, is that true?
Who is this man and what company Does he work for.?
I would love to speak to him if I can get a hold of him some how.
Those cactus have been eaten in Mexico on regular basis since thousands of years, this documentary does not mention this important fact
Great ideas, we love to eat cactus. We have a jar in the fridge mixed with serrano peppers, onions and garlic and put it on salads and many other things. This is a great idea.
The cactus king.
Great video I am amazed on the information
Very useful thankyou.
That is so incredible ✨✨👏👏
I love cooking with cacti. It tastes like okra and is way easier to grow.
Hi, i hope you get this. i live in Maryland and was wondering if you could send me a cactus peice or pad. ill pay for it. Please get back to me
Look on EBay for cuttings if you don't have a neighbor who has a prickly pear cactus.
Go to a Mexican grocery store. They of tons of the stuff.
Maryland Plants and aquariums Ebay has 12 color prickly pears pad clippings for $4.99 free shipping.
Just google cactus pads for sale, and you'll find plenty of them from nurseries. Ideally if you have never cooked or dealt with them, try to get the spineless which in Mexico they call Manso, as it has very few thorns. If you do grow it, try to harvest the tender pads in the afternoon cause if you do it in the morning they will be too sour.
We should do this in America more, but also bring back camels to graze on them.
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I want phone number of that man because iam a student in india and i want information about that plant
that plant is called prickly pear (you can google it "Opuntia ficus-indica"), originally from central America is now cultivated in many warm climate countries around the world: you should ask to a local plant nursery or order it on-line. if you are in an arid climate I also recommend the peruvian cactus apple (Cereus repandus), because once the fruits have matured, they are without spines.
look at any mexica recipe video here in youtube, dude. you will like them
how do you get rid of the thorns?
any special effective technology?
أبو ظافر you burn them off
or peel off the skin with a knife أبو ظافر
hahaha just slice em off with a knife
Just roll it in the grass .
In mexico I know they do it with a knife
How to exfort plz help me
Hi cool
He says "every year 15 million infants die each year"...is he planning on feeding infants prickly pears as a means of ending hunger lol?
slowly707 .. when the mothers are malnourished they're unable to properly nurse their infants.
Ha ha you live up to your name "slow"
that's called frencir in Southwest Turkey, very common for garden plant and the fruit can be eaten too. But not many people knows it can be eaten.
Yes, ignorance is plenty amongst us humans.For example in the Fungi family there are poisonous and non-poisonous mushrooms but an ugly fungi, the huitlacoche(in english: corn smut)is considered a corn disease, to be treated, burned, removed from the corn field, so it doesn't "infect" good ears of corn, when it is also edible, and like the other fungis, very high in protein, hopefully people will begin to learn and this way use the ancestors' knowledge for the betterment of all people, not just us nican tlaca(indigenous to the Americas).
@@qualqui you an also grow mushrooms on the cactus pads that are toothick for humans.
@@qualqui you are not infecting the corn but inoculating it. You are not creating a blight but a benefit.
Title quote: "Farmers push cactus as answer to world hunger"
Frankly, removal of ALL of the present world governments would be a huge step towards a far better solution. Even cactus around the globe in many desert areas is having a tough time adapting to climate ruin.
Where is this farm at?
Cactus fruit are very sweet I like them , They do well here in Africa i wish could find market so i can export them to other countries, someone to link me please .
Where exactly are you in Africa... looking for seedlings and I am from Kenya
@@serenahchebet3047 you shouldn't make a cactus from seedlings
you should make a tree only from the leaf
I am from India, I am a cacti hobbiest, I hope in future We also adapt cactus cultivation, dragon fruit is picking up.. thank u Moraco
They grow it in Mexico too
Hello,
there is a way to plante the push catcus in other country.
thank you verry much!
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Those ARE NOT cactus. They are nopales. If they are not edible, they are not nopales.
Eres muy ignorante. Genero opuntia, Familia cactae osea es un cactus de la variedad opuntia de nombre comun o regional, nopal. Espero entiendas
didnt they spread uncontrollably in Australia lmao
nuclearthreat545 Yes. But it was of a much different variety that is much more resistent to cold, rot, fungus and disease. The nopales like these here are waaay more controllable and lack the aggressive thorns and glochids as the one that infested aussy land.
Now i'm less afraid bec of the climate change! We can eat cactus. All is fine :D
Stolen from Palestinian farmers
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