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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Agriculture Technology

Prof. Yasmine Meroz, School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
August 23, 2024, 1:15 am
Sunflowers dance together to balance sunlight and shade, Israeli researchers say
Tel Aviv University team explains how the plants grow close together and move in zigzag patterns for optimal growth in a collective ‘dance party’
By Diana Bletter
NatureGrowth COO Ben Friedman, pictured with IDF soldiers using NatureGrowth's SafeSpace in December 2023 (Ben Friedman)
June 1, 2024, 11:32 am
Sderot ag-tech incubator becomes an unlikely oasis in the Gaza border warzone
NatureGrowth creates free public coworking space amid post-October 7 chaos, providing quiet respite for IDF soldiers, police officers, reservists and civilians
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Israeli startup GreenOnyx showcases fully-automated technological platform for growing fresh green vegetables. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2023, 10:31 pm
Agriculture 4.0: Israeli startup sets up smart urban farm for fresh green superfood
GreenOnyx has developed a sterile, fully autonomous modular tech farm to grow fresh ready-to-eat duckweed-based green superfood for daily intake
By Sharon Wrobel
A variety of 'watermelon plum,' one of the creations of hybrid fruits by a hybrid fruit grower in the moshav of Yesod HaMa'Ala in northern Israel, July 21, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
September 21, 2022, 9:43 am
Black apricots and ‘watermelon plums’: Farm grows unique fruits
Located in fertile Hula Valley, farming family utilizes traditional cross-breeding techniques to produce distinctive climate-friendly crops
By AFP
Bread wheat. (Courtesy, Prof. Vered Zin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).
August 8, 2022, 11:26 pm
Israeli study: Pest defenses in wild wheat can help save cultivated species
With global warming encouraging more pests, breeding of wild plant’s defenses into today’s widely used varieties could save many crops and boost food industry, say researchers
By Sue Surkes
Dotan Borenstein, CEO of SaliCrop, stands next to a tractor distributing carrot seeds for a field trial near the Gaza border, August 23, 2020. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2022, 3:31 pm
Food security startups get government funding boost to develop tech
6 companies selected for pilot program by Agriculture Ministry, Innovation Authority to test innovation in field
By Ricky Ben-David
SupPlant says its sensors upload data from the plant, the soil, and the weather so farmers can make better decisions. (SupPlant)
November 30, 2021, 10:52 am
Israeli agtech companies take on worst-case climate crisis forecasts
Science, data and technology will play a major role in adapting to climate change effects, say agriculture tech entrepreneurs
By Viva Sarah Press
Hashomer Hachadash farm volunteers pick a field of wheat, as part of the SunDo app that matches farmers with volunteers (Courtesy Hashomer Hachadash)
May 17, 2021, 11:46 am
Farmers and volunteers find each other with agricultural app SunDo
With the harvest festival of Shavuot approaching, non-profit Hashomer Hachadash is helping to build a stronger connection between Israelis and the land through farming
By Jessica Steinberg
Drip-irrigated rice crops in Turkey. (Netafim)
May 10, 2021, 4:54 pm
Israel’s drip irrigation pioneers aim to do away with flooded rice fields
Netafim says its trailblazing drip system for rice uses 70% less water, can help slash global warming gases and cut arsenic levels associated with paddy rice
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of irrigation in a field (YouTube screenshot)
September 10, 2019, 12:08 pm
Ministry gives 32 most promising ag-tech startups their day in the sun
Selected companies will get more access to state money and be showcased to investors looking for innovation in agriculture
By Shoshanna Solomon
CropX CEO Tomer Tzach in the tree house he built for his children at his home in Zichron Yaakov (Courtesy)
June 3, 2019, 12:18 pm
Leading a startup ‘dictates a life of agony and pain,’ but it suits CropX’s CEO
Tomer Tzach’s Netanya-based firm is a developer of sensors that let farmers gauge the conditions of their soil and irrigate and fertilize accordingly
By Shoshanna Solomon
An illustration of a steak prototype produced in an Aleph Farms Ltd. lab out of cow cells (Courtesy
May 27, 2019, 12:09 pm
New consortium to invest up to $100 million in Israeli foodtech, agtech
VC funds Finistere Ventures, OurCrowd and foodmakers Tnuva and Tempo will scout for startups innovating in alternative proteins, nutrition, ingredients and supply chain efficiency
By Shoshanna Solomon
Aleph Farms Ltd. uses the ability of animals to grow tissue muscles, and harvests the cells to grow meat outslide the animal (Courtesy)
March 20, 2019, 1:13 pm
Scarce resources, much chutzpah set stage for Israel’s lead role in food tech
A food and agriculture hub, Israel is ranked among the top 5 countries for number of investment deals as global demand for agtech innovation grows
By Johanna Chisholm
Illustrative: A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern city of Safed, August 31, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
October 17, 2018, 12:49 pm
Israeli regulation sputters as Canada gives green light to cannabis
There have been more than 1,000 applications for permits to work in the marijuana industry, but legislators haven’t caught up
By Melanie Lidman
A local farmer harvests hot peppers on a Tikkun Olam Ventures pilot site in Butajira, southern Ethiopia, in June 2018. (Courtesy JDC)
October 11, 2018, 5:13 pm
New fund utilizes Israeli tech to help small farmers in Africa
JDC program will give thousands of agriculturists access to low-interest loans in bid to improve their crop yields, ensure their products command a fair market price
By Melanie Lidman
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