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Growing solarino tomato plants.

Gene-edited tomatoes achieve increased sweetness without loss of size or yield

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ambassador Gideon Behar, Israel’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability, in his pesticide-free garden in Modi'in.

Despite war, we are leading the fight against climate change, says Israel’s Climate Ambassador

By ROSSELLA TERCATIN

View of a fire that started from missiles launched from Lebanon to Metula, northern Israel, June 18, 2024

Five killed, another seriously wounded in Hezbollah strikes on Israeli farm

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SHDEYUR AVRAHAMI is seen alongside etrogim for Sukkot.

Harvesting for Sukkot: A look at the farmers who grow the holiday's Four Species

(illustrative) dogs outdoor.

More than 30 dogs rescued from illegal ‘puppy mill’ in Israel

By ELI ASHKENAZI

Joseph Gitler, Leket Israel founder and chairman, and Yuval, a farmer in central Israel.

Israel’s food crisis worsens as war disrupts agricultural output

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line

A Hydroponic farm which grows lettuce in a greenhouse, in the Jewish settlement of Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion, on March 29, 2023. Illustration.

Advanced agriculture is the key to a better future

By MOTTI LEVIN

Mike Starr, Diaspora Affairs Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, speaks with Tania Pons Allon, Director of the Kasser Joint Institute for Food, Water, and Energy Security at the Jewish National Fund (JNF-USA).

Unpacking Israel’s agricultural miracle

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

KKL-JNF staff at work to prepare new agriculture fields in Israel's south.

A year after October 7, Israeli farmers from the South need help to rebuild

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE WRITER speaks at an event at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC.

Record heat hits Israel: Soaring food prices and climate change challenges

By YORAM KAPULNIK

A Hydroponic farm which grows lettuce in a greenhouse, in the Jewish settlement of Migdal Oz, Gush Etzion, on March 29, 2023. Illustration.

Two Israeli startups showcase the future of sustainable farming

By ARIEL SHAPIRA

Dozens of Bedouin students volunteer in agriculture in the Gaza Envelope.

Gov't calls for ag-tech projects, will offer funding up to NIS 16m.

Crates of eggs waiting to be unloaded and sold at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Shuk, February 1, 2023.

Israel boosts egg import quota amid war in North

Agriculture

Agricultural productivity down, food waste up since outbreak of Israel-Hamas War

By Nathan Klabin/The Media Line

Combined in the Mediterranean diet and the Atlantic diet. Fish

NIS 9.6 million: Aquaculture receives significant support

By Yuval Banino

Thai workers in Otef. "The Thais call and want to return, but no one here handles the procedure"

Thailand suspends the arrival of thousands of workers to Israel following Iranian threats

Mahaz’s farms sit in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where fellows are taught skills related to regenerative agriculture and homesteading arts—all in a Jewish context.

How Mahaz brings Jews back to the beauty of Jewish farming and agriculture

By HOWARD BLAS

Yoel Zilberman, founder and CEO of HaShomer HaChadash, at a special conference on Israel’s food security.

'Without agriculture, we face an existential threat': Food security experts speak at conference

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF