Farmers

Meet the second-generation Israeli farmer who grows tomatoes on the Egyptian border

Four years ago, Noam Efrat, 33, chose to return to his roots and raise his own family in Kadesh Barnea. He handles the bright red, deliciously sweet cherry tomatoes from his family’s farm.

|ByANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ
Noam and his family with the cherry tomatoes.
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.

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.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
A test tube labelled "Bird Flu", eggs and a piece of paper in the colours of the Australian national flag are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.

After mass seabird death event, Australia warns of wider H5N1 bird flu threat

"Australians should expect to see more spread and larger numbers now of wildlife being affected," said Agriculture Minister Julie Collins.

|ByREUTERS
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich, Israel Ganz, Head of Binyamin Regional Council and Orit Strock, National Mission Minister at a faction meeting in the Jewish settlement of Givat Harel, in the West Bank, February 14, 2023.

Israeli gov't gives Jordan Valley farmers drones, rangers to deter 'Palestinian terror state'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock both attended the ceremony at which the equipment was presented to support farms and outposts in the West Bank.

|ByEITAN ELIAS

‘Now is the time for everyone to help Israeli farmers’ say KKL-JNF workers

KKL-JNF employees participated in agricultural harvesting and packaging throughout the country.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
KKL-JNF workers pick up pomegranates to help Israeli farmers

Will Israel's Thai workers return to agriculture, construction jobs?

The Thai embassy in Israel is considering returning agricultural workers and exploring construction industry partnerships to address the female labor shortage post-war.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByOFER PETERSBURG

Volunteers rush to Israeli farms stripped of workers after Hamas attack

Around 80 members of the US-based Jewish mothers' group, Momentum, answered the call to save Israel's harvest.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Volunteers who have come to harvest cabbages, work on Israeli farms near the Gaza border since production stopped after the Hamas attack October 7th attack, in Patish, Israel November 8, 2023

Bedouin Sheikhs vow and encourage trust in IDF in war with Hamas

The Bedouin population was massacred violently on October 7, as many farmers who went to milk cows in the early morning hours were murdered and kidnapped.

NOVEMBER 15, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Bedouin community leaders speak on the state of their community amidst Israel's ongoing war with Hamas.

Adama company employees are mobilizing to help for farmers

Adama, one of the world's leading companies in the field of plant protection, is mobilizing to help Israeli farmers throughout the country.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByRUTH NADAV
Adama company employees in a voluntary activity for the farmers.