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Whip up some quick olive bread topped with prosciutto, cherry tomatoes and arugula for an easy, filling starter before the grill-fest. (photo credit: Andrea Brownstein/Photoli Photography)
May 4, 2014, 6:59 am
Arak-spiked ‘limonana’ with tapas for Independence Day
Get the requisite barbecue started with some easy snacks for assuaging everyone's hunger
By Shira Buzelan
The ruby-red Rosh Pered pomegranates, growing near Binyamina, just north of Caesaraea (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
September 1, 2013, 5:49 am
The poetic goodness of pomegranates
A father-and-son pair of organic fruit farmers talk about the whys, wheres and hows of the country's best Rosh Hashanah fruit
By Jessica Steinberg
Indian farmers learning Israeli olive expertise in Rajasthan. (photo credit: courtesy)
May 29, 2013, 1:27 pm
The Indian-Israeli olive agribusiness experiment
Though olives are hardly a staple in India, through Israeli expertise and saplings, Rajasthan farmers are expecting a bumper crop this year
By Ofira Reuben and Paul Dharamraj
A Syrian man on a motorbike negotiates the price of fuel with a street vendor in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
November 9, 2012, 8:24 pm
Syria’s war shatters a village economy
A portrait of Atmeh, abutting the northern border, where farmers say they'd be lucky to get 50 cents for olives they're unable to export
By Khalil Hamra
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