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


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).

Food security initiative to give baby formula to 3,000+ struggling families

The commonly shoplifted item will be provided to those in need as part of the initiative’s next phase.

A cabinet of Gerber baby formulas is seen at a Walmart store in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. June 2, 2022. Picture taken June 2, 2022.

Nonprofit sending empty food baskets to politicians to highlight poverty

Nonprofit Pitchon-Lev said that people living in poverty are practically invisible to politicians and that aid and support for these people are not discussed by lawmakers or political parties.

Pitchon-Lev sends empty food baskets to politicians in order to highlight the issue of poverty in Israel.

As cost of living rises, we must keep all Israelis fed - opinion

Asked if the food aid agencies were exacerbating the problem of food insecurity by giving fish instead of rods, I almost lost it because only those who have never struggled for food could ask this.

 LEKET ISRAEL provides hot meals.

UN nuclear watchdog warns on Ukraine plant; Russia shells several towns

The fighting over Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the south, occupied by Russia, has raised fears of disaster. * Clashes continue in south, east.

 A view shows a damaged administrative building of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Enerhodar, the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine in this handout picture released March 4, 2022.

Grapevine August 7, 2022: A meaningful birthday gift

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MEMBERS OF A delegation from Georgia with their Israeli hosts at a Tnuva production plant.

Inspection team heads for first Ukraine grain ship off Turkish coast

The inspection by Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and UN personnel working at a Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in nearby Istanbul was expected to be completed around midday.

The Joint Coordination Centre officials are seen onboard Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni, carrying Ukrainian grain, during an inspection in the Black Sea off Kilyos, near Istanbul, Turkey August 3, 2022.

Link between processed meat and colon cancer found, say French health authorities

The French ANSES confirmed that nitrates and nitrites in pork and other processed meat products, such as sausages, increase the risk of colon cancer.

 Pieces of French baguette and sausage are seen in a bistrot in Paris, France, November 16, 2017.