Farming

Israeli agriculture at risk ahead of High Holy Days as desalination systems remain nonfunctional

The Water Authority and the Energy and Infrastructure Ministry said Tuesday morning that after the facilities operated overnight, most were shut down again after seawater turbidity rose.

Infrastructure works along the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee as the Water Authority and the national water company Mekorot prepare to increase the flow of desalinated water pumped from desalination plants in Ashkelon and Rishon Lezion into the lake, northern Israel, February 27, 2026.
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 Group of locusts

Moroccan locust swarms sweep eastern Iran, threatening crops and farms

A farmer sprinkles fertiliser on crops in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 9, 2026.

Hormuz closure cripples fertilizer trade, causing ripple effect on food security - analysis


Link between soil pollution and heart disease identified in new study

Soil pollution is defined as contamination of soil at higher than normal concentrations by waste materials of human origin that have adverse effects on human and ecosystem health.

Palestinian man packs cherry tomatoes at a farm in Tubas, in the West Bank

Minimum wage should be increased to NIS 6000 a month - Labor MK

Efrat Rayten chaired an urgent meeting in an attempt to save an economic deal that would raise Israel's minimum wage. The goal: NIS 6000 per month by 2024.

 Illustration photo of the new 100 Israeli Shekel bill. December 31, 2017.

'Biblical' swarms of giant crickets ravage western US crops

Amidst drought and warming temperatures, conditions favored by the crickets, outbreaks across the West have worsened.

A swarm of desert locusts fly near the town of Rumuruti, Kenya, January 31, 2021.

Ukraine says corn exports could fall to 17 million tonnes

One of the world's leading grains suppliers, Ukraine used to ship most of its agricultural goods via Black Sea ports, due to the war, that is no longer possible.

  A combine machine harvests corn in a field near the village of Moskovskoye, outside Stavropol in southern Russia, October 14, 2014.

Israeli strawberry farmer grows world's largest strawberry

Tzahi Ariel's record-breaking strawberry weighs 289 grams.

 Israeli farmer Tzahi Ariel presents his giant strawberry, weighing 289 gram and grown in Israel after it sets a new Guinness record.

Shmita: A Jewish agricultural rule with personal, social implications

Although the sabbatical year comes with a list of rules and regulations set by rabbinic authorities, there is a joyous and spiritual side to shmita.

 ELIEZER WORKS in the field.

Tu Bishvat: Planting trees in Israel

This story is dedicated, on his first Yahrzeit, to the great collector Ezra Goredesky z”l, a friend for 40 years.

 SEASONAL DRAWING, Ze’ev Raban, ‘Moadim.’

Israeli firm Vertical Field to open vertical farms in Russia, Ukraine

The first of these farms opened earlier this month in Krasnodar and Dnipro, and already they are starting to provide steady harvests of fresh produce to sell at Russia's Magnit and Ukraine's Varus.

The inside of a Vertical Field-run vertical farm unit is seen.

Amar’e Stoudemire adds ‘farmer’ to his list of post-basketball careers

On October 15, fans steadily lined up for a selfie with Stoudemire and a taste of his signature Stoudemire Burger.

Hapoel Jerusalem center Amar’e Stoudemire (right) had seven points and five rebounds in his first game for the team in almost four weeks in Friday’s 84-75 win over Ironi Nahariya

In Israel, a chicken farm released special-edition eggs to mark egg-related Talmud study milestone

“We will return to you, Tractate Beitzah,” the eggs read in Hebrew. “Be strong and take courage, from the chicken coops of Kedumim.”

Michelle Cohen Farber's Daf Yomi women group studying Talmud in Ran'ana.