Farmers

Organized crime costs Israel's economy around NIS 8,000 per household, data shows

The findings indicate that one of the central factors in the rise in the cost of living in Israel is widespread criminal activity across the agriculture, construction, and housing industries.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.
Studies show that sometimes between 8 to 15 exposures are required before a new food moves from "strange" to "acceptable"

The man who couldn't watch Israel throw its food away: The story of Leket Israel

From a leaky trunk to Israel's national food bank: Joseph Gitler on waste, "startup nation poverty," and feeding families after Oct 7.

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Netafim's new plant.

Netafim, Israel's drip irrigation developers, opens biggest manufacturing plant to date in Mexico

The 30,000-square-meter plant will supply farmers across North and Central America, and will be equipped with advanced automation systems to “ensure quality, efficiency, and reliability.”

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025.

Food shortages and rising costs: UN agency warns of global food crisis if Hormuz remains blocked

The closure of the narrow waterway, which normally carries around a fifth of global Liquified Natural Gas supplies, will have a rippling impact beyond the Middle East, Maximo Torero warned.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Adama company employees are mobilizing to help for farmers

Adama, one of the world's leading companies in the field of plant protection, is mobilizing to help Israeli farmers throughout the country.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByRUTH NADAV
Adama company employees in a voluntary activity for the farmers.