Food security

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.

Studies show that sometimes between 8 to 15 exposures are required before a new food moves from "strange" to "acceptable"
The International Space Station (ISS), (Top-L) transits the sun as seen from Shuwaikh industrial district in Kuwait City on June 14, 2026.

El Niño forming in Pacific could become the strongest in 70 years, threatening food supplies

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the UN Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, attends to read a memo about the United Nations mission in Colombia, during a UN Security Council meeting, at United Nations Headquarters in New York, on April 19, 2018.

UN chief names Arnault as personal envoy for Middle East war

FARMERS AND their supporters protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem against a milk reform promoted by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem on February 4, 2026.

Israel’s milk crisis is man-made, quotas are to blame - opinion


Experts advocate for Tunisian food sovereignty as a path to independence

Food sovereignty has become a high priority among local NGOs, civil society and the government to protect against foreign investments that that may steal land from local farmers.

 A customer stands in front of empty shelves for some coffee products inside a supermarket in Tunis, Tunisia September 3, 2022.

Kathy Goldman, NYC’s ‘most important food activist,’ dies at 92

“She was the single most important voice fighting hunger in New York for 50 years and the first to focus on school food, which resulted in literally thousands of kids eating food meant for the trash.

 Kathy Goldman, founder of Food Bank for New York City, attends the organization's 29th Annual Conference on Hunger and Poverty at Marriott Marquis Times Square, Feb. 13, 2020.

Grapevine February 23, 2024: More than 76 years of solidarity with the Zionist enterprise

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 RETURNED HOSTAGE Aviva Siegel with Immigration and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer, whose soldier son was wounded in Gaza.

Is Israel’s food independence at risk? YDLabs has one solution

YDLabs, CEO Ariel Blumovich said, is part of the solution, providing a method to produce food locally with minimal carbon footprint. 

YDLabs is providing a method to produce food locally with minimal carbon footprint

Will war with Hamas harm Israel's food supply? - opinion

Most of the vegetables and some of the milk produced in Israel are farmed in land near the Gaza Strip, which, not for nothing, was given the name “Israel’s barn,” access to which is restricted.

 NIR GOLDSTEIN addresses the 51st Annual Conference for Science and the Environment, in Tel Aviv earlier this year.

Citizen's Kitchen initiative offers thousands of free meals and a bastion to volunteers

Two sisters have transformed their Tel Aviv cooking studio into a supportive volunteer community for olim in response to the ongoing crisis in Israel following the tragic events of October 7.

Civilians packing meals to be donated to those in need

Israel's High Court stops 'discriminatory' food voucher plan

The study found a substantial gap between the number of families that received food vouchers and the number living below the poverty line.

 Food organized in a refrigerator.

High Court puts temporary ban on food stamps amid accusations of discrimination

The Knesset's Finance Committee had originally approved a budget of NIS 400 million earlier this week.

 Is the food you're taking from the fridge definitely yours? (illustrative)

Budget approved for food stamps for the needy ahead of Rosh Hashanah

41,000 Holocaust survivors would also get the help they need from the food stamps.

 Leket Israel Distributing Hot Food to the Needy

Israel, India partner on water-based startup accelerator

The objective will see both Indian and Israeli participants take part in a comprehensive water technology accelerator program.

A municipal worker cleans the street in front of a bilboard displaying Indian and Israeli flags for PM Netanyahu's visit, Ahmedabad, India, January 2018