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Kari Warberg Block, a US farmer and entrepreneur, who has been volunteering pruning tomato vines and helping harvest farmland in the western Negev close to the Egyptian border, February 2024. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2024, 2:13 am
Meet the Christian entrepreneur becoming a voice for war-hit Israeli farmers
Kari Warberg Block is raising funds to replace destroyed agricultural equipment after volunteering in kibbutzim and collecting footage to share stories of farmers and innovations
By Sharon Wrobel
US Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with President Isaac Herzog as they speak to the media prior to a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, July 19, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP/File)
July 20, 2023, 1:41 am
Herzog, VP Harris announce $70 million agriculture tech fund for Mideast, Africa
Five-year initiative will focus on water resources, ‘climate-smart’ agriculture technology; Veep stresses ‘unbreakable bond’ between countries
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Anat Halgoa Solomon, co-founder and CEO of Saturas showcases the Israeli startup's smart sensor-based precision irrigation system at Microsoft's booth at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco in March, 2023. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2023, 6:41 pm
Microsoft partners with Start-Up Nation Central to tap Israeli agrifood tech
US tech giant to help bring local agritech to the next level; Israeli startups work with Microsoft teams and showcase their technologies to the global marketplace
By Sharon Wrobel
Investor panel discussing M&A in Israel at the GoforIsrael conference in Tel Aviv, May 3, 2023. (Shai Shviro/Courtesy)
May 3, 2023, 8:30 pm
Turkey conglomerate sees opportunities for collaboration with Israeli startups
Sabanci Group, majority owner of Israeli cybersecurity startup Radiflow, says Turkey needs Israel agritech and water tech
By Sharon Wrobel
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
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Supermarkets. Photo courtesy of astrakanimages.
December 14, 2022, 9:05 pm
Solving the world’s food shortage
How one Israeli startup’s revolutionary agri-tech innovation is extending the life of fresh produce throughout the supply chain
By Donny Fuchs
Dana Global signs partnership agreement with Abu Dhabi-based agritech investor Silal. (Courtesy)
December 7, 2022, 9:33 pm
Abu Dhabi-based accelerator to promote female-led Israeli, MENA agritech startups
Dana Global partners with Abu-Dhabi-based agritech investor Silal to advance solutions for tackling food insecurity in the UAE, and across the Middle East and Africa region
By Sharon Wrobel
BeeHero develps sensor technology for hives to monitor welfare of bees. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2022, 5:07 pm
BeeHero raises $42 million to track bee health, help farmers boost crop yields
Investment led by Convent Capital to help Israeli startup expand R&D activities, global expansion; brings total amount of funds raised by BeeHero to $64 million
By Sharon Wrobel
The southern Israeli city of Eilat at dusk, April 2021. (gorsh13 via iStock by Getty Images)
September 21, 2022, 7:49 am
Israel to host 1st event on food scarcity, climate tech with Abraham Accord nations
International Summit on Food from the Sea & the Desert to be held in Eilat October 18-20, with representatives from Bahrain, Morocco and Jordan expected to join
By Ethan Freedman
Utahn government and economic officials visiting Israel as part of an unofficial Abraham Accords delegation. (Courtesy)
September 12, 2022, 9:32 pm
Utah looks to build on Abraham Accords, cement its ties in the Middle East
State delegation visits Israel and the UAE, as landmark 2020 deal bears fruits; trade between Israel and Utah has exceeded $1 billion since 1996
By Ethan Freedman
Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture's automated pollination machines among pistachio trees (Courtesy)
June 22, 2021, 4:49 pm
Agtech startup Edete brings tech to wind-pollinated crops for better yield
Company’s process aims to replace the wind in the pollination of pistachios, followed by other crops
By Shoshanna Solomon
An illustrative image of a cotton field plantation (Mailson Pignata; iStock by Getty Images)
June 7, 2021, 4:46 pm
Crop-monitoring startup PlanetWatchers raises $3.5 million from investors
Trendlines Group invests in Tel Aviv-based firm that provides crop insurers with analytics about fields using radar signals from satellites
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prospera's technology helps keep tabs on crops (Courtesy)
May 5, 2021, 5:31 pm
Israeli agtech startup Prospera snapped up by US firm Valmont for $300 million
Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investors
By Shoshanna Solomon
Sensors attached to tomato plants. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2021, 1:39 pm
Mitsubishi joins Israeli investment arm to scout for food, agriculture tech
Japanese trading conglomerate seeks to actively explore innovation coming from Israel; Trendlines Agrifood will pave way to nation’s growing agritech and food tech sector
By Shoshanna Solomon
A cheese platter made with Remilk's milk proteins (Courtesy)
November 27, 2020, 9:06 am
Don’t have a cow: Israel’s Remilk serves up dairy products made without animals
Startup says it has pioneered milk proteins ‘chemically identical’ to those in cow-produced milk, for products with the same taste and texture, but no cholesterol or lactose
By Shoshanna Solomon
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