Food security

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

Dairy farmers and consumers will be the ones who win from Smotrich's reforms; it is the small interest groups that wish to keep the status quo.

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.
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An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Farmers and dairy farmers protest against Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's proposed reforms, January 5, 2026.

Israeli farmers protest Smotrich's proposed dairy reform, warn of 400 farm closures


Superfood: Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Captain Bligh’s 1791-93 journey

The answers to a centuries-old mystery may also impact food security for island nations that are highly susceptible to climate change.

 A breadfruit tree in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Nestlé to build $43 million facility in Ukraine

Nestlé will become one of the few major global corporations to invest in Ukraine in 2022.

 Nestlé facility in Copenhagen, Denmark (2009).

Israel's reliance on food imports makes risk of major food insecurity - report

A new Shoresh Institution report highlights dependence on international food imports, high population growth, and decreased focus on agriculture as primary threats to Israel’s food security.

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Newly founded Fungi Protein Association is an international supergroup of fun guys

The Fungi Protein Association will represent the interests of its member companies, including advocating for fungi protein in public policy and conducting consumer research.

 Mush Foods' sustainable protein looking like a great lunch

Israel wastes over 1/3rd of its food every year - Leket

Leket CEO: Incomprehensible a solution exists that would be effective across the board with economic, social, environmental and health benefits, and yet, the government ignores it.

Fresh vegetables are sold at the shuk (market)

War-torn Ukraine exports millions of tons of grain to developing countries

Despite the hit taken by the Ukrainian grain industry when Russia invaded in February, the country is still exporting millions of tons of grain each month.

 Labourers offload bags of grains as part of relief food that was sent from Ukraine at the World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Adama town, Ethiopia, September 8, 2022.

Meet the new development that will help deal with the wheat shortage

Lavie Bio develops products based on bacteria found in a plant's natural growing environment which helps to improve the yield, quality and sustainability of agricultural crops.

 A farmer harvests wheat with a machine in Beit Guvrin, July 17, 2022.

This new Israeli aquaculture tech could help relieve global food crisis

‘Enriched seaweed’ with an extremely high nutritional value predicted by Israeli researchers is to become a superfood for mankind.

 Layout of the land-based, outdoor aquaculture system as was stationed at the IOLR institute.

Sulfur crisis: Going green will cause severe sulfuric acid shortage - study

Transitioning to a green economy means getting rid of the main source of sulfuric acid while making sure we need more of it than ever.

 Tank containers with sulfuric acid on a fitting railway platform.

A volcanic eruption can devastate the world and we aren't ready - experts

A giant volcanic eruption can cause damage comparable to a catastrophic asteroid impact, but it is far more likely to happen and the world is unprepared for it.

 A volcano is seen exploding. The level of devastation it could cause is something the world is not prepared for (Illustrative).