Jan. 11, 2021
The Hamdoun family has lived near Kibbutz Lotem in the Western Galilee since the early part of the last century. They are very familiar with the area, and with the plants, fruits and vegetables each season brings there. While most members of the nearby kibbutz, which was founded in the late 1970s, relied on more conventional agricultural methods, the Hamdouns continued to gather and eat produce from their surroundings as they had done for millennia.
At Kibbutz Lotem, we recently met a member of the Hamdoun family, Meidan Sadeh (Ahmed Hamdoun) in order to join him collecting and cooking the wild plants that grow near his home. The surprising name Meidan Sadeh has intriguing origins.