Jun 2, 2008

(Hat Tip: IsRealli, Image Credit: Wikipedia) Housing well over a billion people within the country, the nation of India is looking for a “few good green thumbs” to help not only raise food, but provide a decent income for farmers. Fortunately it seems as if the Asian giant is turning to its favorite ally in order to help plant a million olive trees...

May 3, 2008

(Image Credit: Jerusalem Baskets) It looks as if Israel will have an easier time exporting fruits and vegetables towards Europe thanks to a new trade agreement between the Jewish state and the European Union. (Globes Online) The European Commission and Israel reached a common understanding today on mutual trade concessions in the fields of agricultural...

Mar 8, 2008

(Image: Inside a Rizkalla Brothers Greenhouse, Credit: Rizkalla Brothers Limited) If growing food is good, growing even more is definitely better. While farmers in India have helped their nation grow the necessary items to “fill the tummy,” it looks as if an Israeli company may give them an extra boost using greenhouses. (Fresh Plaza) Rizkalla...

Dec 19, 2007

(Image Credit: Flagline.com) While the United Nations is not known for siding with Israel on every issue, one area they seem to be seeking Israel’s advice on has to deal with agriculture. With the United Nations determined to slash 50% of the world’s poverty and global hunger by 2015, the organization known for passing resolutions against the Jewish...

Sep 10, 2007

(Hat Tip: Israel Times, Image Credit: State.gov) An Israeli-American company has decided to partner with the nation of Nigeria in order to combat the ever spreading deserts that seem to be taking over the northern part of the country. (Business Today Online) The projects, conceived by Framan Agridev, a Nigerian-Israeli partnership, is aimed at combating...

Jul 26, 2007

Many countries will be thanking Israel as researchers discovered a natural way to combat a pesky wasp from hurting eucalyptus groves. Scientists traveled half way around the world in order to locate this wasp natural predator, in order to thwart the rising tide of damaged eucalyptus leaves. (Ha’aretz.com) Several nations have already turned to Israel for...

May 29, 2007

(Image: Tsering Dolma working in the Arava farming settlement, Credit: Israel 21st Century) Farmers originally from the nation of Tibet are getting a chance to learn from some of the world’s greatest minds in the agricultural field in Tel Aviv. Although exiled in India (do to political situations), these farmers hope to share the knowledge they learn back...

May 18, 2007

(Image: Dr. Amir Sharon, Credit: Israel 21st Century) Sometimes touted as an alternative energy source to fossil fuels, biofuels have the potential to not only seriously reduce the amount of oil consumed worldwide, but pollution as well. Unfortunately in order to do this, our species would have to convert edible food into fuel, since the non-edible parts (such...

Jan 8, 2007

(Hat Tip: Israpundit) Although I’ve heard of fish farms in the US, I am quite surprised that these Israeli’s were able to create one in the middle of the desert. Not to mention convince everyone to invest in this project. (New York Times) Fish farming in the desert may at first sound like an anomaly, but in Israel over the last decade a scientific...

Jul 5, 2006

(Hat Tip: Israpundit) Another reason why planet Earth is blessed by our kosher brethren. Israeli scientists have discovered a gene that could allow farming in marshes and other lands not suitable for growing crops. (Israel 21st Century) [...] Israeli researchers from the Institute of Evolution of the University of Haifa, have succeeded in isolating a gene that...