Tag: Food Security
‘Israel has to be much more food self-sufficient,’ expert warns
Since 1948, when the fledgling State of Israel celebrated its independence and began exporting and importing goods from other countries, it has become reliant on global trade. Now, as the Jewish state and it faces...
Israel grain deal with Baku and Tashkent to ‘ensure food security’
Israel has signed a major grain deal with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan to secure all of the country’s wheat needs at a time of disruptions in the global food supply amid the war in Ukraine,...
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine
Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
New protein-based biosensor detects potato and tomato crop disease
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new molecular sensor system that detects harmful diseases in plants and food crops, including potatoes and tomatoes.
Potatoes have become the world’s third major food...
Anti-regime Iranian activists visit Israel to garner support and spread awareness
As European and American negotiating teams continue to convene in Vienna in an attempt to sign a new nuclear deal with Iran, the Iranian people have taken to the streets to protest the rising...
Like rest of nation, Jewish families grapple with baby-formula shortage
For months now, stores have been struggling to stock enough baby formula, even as manufacturers insist that they are producing at full capacity. In February, the Food and Drug Administration shut down a formula...
Jordan proposes building joint wheat storage center with Israel
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has proposed that the Hashemite Kingdom and Israel jointly set up a wheat reserves and foods storage center, Reshet Bet reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the proposal was made during a...
War in Ukraine sparks food-security fears, experts say Israel needs national strategy
The problem of national food security, which formerly preoccupied specialists, began to penetrate the world’s consciousness with COVID-19 supply disruptions, but it’s Russia’s war with Ukraine that has given governments a jolt. Ukraine, together...
Kosher soup kitchen joins with DoorDash in New York to help feed families
A Jewish-run and kosher-certified soup kitchen and food pantry operating in New York City has partnered with the food-delivery service DoorDash to provide meals and groceries to families in need in the boroughs of...
The Israeli supermarket where you can shop for free
A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help them.
Each time, she’d raise 300 to...