{"id":7355,"date":"2023-03-01T10:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T07:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/?page_id=7355"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:41:03","slug":"blhome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/","title":{"rendered":"BlHOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c7aa89;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfrphoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6783 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfrphoto.jpg 449w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfrphoto-180x200.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-base-color has-text-color has-source-serif-pro-font-family has-large-font-size\"><strong><strong>Dr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-source-serif-pro-font-family\">Dr. &nbsp;Turki Faisal Al Rasheed is a <strong>prominent Saudi businessman, academic,<\/strong> and advocate for sustainable agriculture and food security. Born in Makkah in 1954, he is the founder and chairman of Golden Grass, Inc. &nbsp;(est. 1982), a leading Riyadh-based firm specializing in sustainable farming, agrochemicals, and environmental services in arid environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He serves as Associate-Adjunct Instructor in Biosystems Engineering at the University of Arizona\u2019s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Advisor to the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit at the American University of Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Al Rasheed is the author of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Transformation: Uncertainty and Sustainability* (Routledge, 2026) and other works on agricultural strategies and Vision 2030. He also founded the Saudi Voter Center to promote civic engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-base-color has-text-color has-source-serif-pro-font-family\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);background-color:#c7aa89;color:#c7aa89\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Since my early years in business and as an academia, I have envisioned the crucial importance of housing, food security, education, employment, and health care in short the <strong>basic necessities of human-kind<\/strong> to improve our quality of life as one of the goals of <strong>Saudi vision 2030<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Through my achievement\u2019s, I am sharing my vast experience on economic, social and environment in achieving sustainable development.&nbsp; My philosophy is<strong> paying back<\/strong> to the society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-dots\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);background-color:#c7aa89;color:#c7aa89\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center has-base-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;grid-template-columns:45% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6869 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/pexels-oleksandr-pidvalnyi-12932839-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">\u201c<strong>My mission<\/strong> is to leave a lasting legacy by empowering future generations with my knowledge and experience in sustainable development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2013 Dr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed Dr. &nbsp;Turki Faisal Al Rasheed is a prominent Saudi businessman, academic, and advocate for sustainable agriculture and food security. 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