Food Concerns
Gulf oil producers have abandoned nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.

Tide of change
Every day at dusk, a flotilla of dhows sails past the skyscrapers of Bahrain Financial Harbour, negotiating a passage through the narrow, man-made marina out to the waters of Gulf. These traditional vessels are one of the few remaining links to an industry that once sustained an entire island nation.

No Sour Grapes
With faith on their side and blessed harvests, Lebanon's Christian Maronite monks have injected a touch of modern marketing savvy into their age-old wine-making tradition to launch the country's first certified organic wine.