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November 20, 2024, 12:53 pm
New law will cut waste by requiring public bodies to donate excess food
Institutions such as the Knesset, ministries, the army and hospitals will have to let their leftovers be collected for distribution to the needy
By
Sue Surkes
January 8, 2024, 3:03 pm
War-linked hikes in prices of fruits and vegetables worsening food insecurity – report
Leket Israel’s annual report says half of discarded agricultural produce is fit for human consumption and should be saved, claims imports only raise prices
By
Sue Surkes
December 27, 2022, 1:05 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 27: Israeli solar tech on the moon & a new day dawns in Knesset
Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on last-minute legislation ahead of Thursday’s planned swearing-in; environment reporter Sue Surkes on revolutionized egg industry
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ToI Staff
December 13, 2022, 8:28 pm
Dutch retail chain buys Israeli software linking food prices to expiration dates
By combining data, Wasteless can gradually lower the price of an item to appeal to customers, while maximizing a retailer’s margins and slashing waste
By
Sue Surkes
November 14, 2022, 8:45 pm
Israelis wasted NIS 21 billion worth of food last year, meal rescue group says
Leket Israel study finds country failing at implementing policies that could help feed 450,000 needy households by saving 1 billion tons of food fit for human consumption
By
Michael Horovitz
October 4, 2022, 5:30 am
In new push, government hopes to get Israelis to sort food waste from other trash
Draft rules to discourage sending organic waste from kitchens and gardens to landfills while incentivizing local authorities to separate at source, build recycling facilities
By
Sue Surkes
December 27, 2021, 6:47 am
Over a third of food produced last year went to waste, costing Israel $6b — report
Document’s author accuses previous government of ‘economic folly’ for failing to create national food rescue policy during year in which 150,000 joined ranks of food insecure
By
Sue Surkes
November 10, 2020, 12:49 pm
Food waste ‘could have funded a fifth of Israel’s COVID-19 aid budget’ – expert
Israel continues to dump a third of food it produces, says report by Leket Israel and Environment Ministry; waste contributes 6% of country’s global warming gases
By
Sue Surkes
March 26, 2020, 3:36 pm
In the Boston area, 2 Jewish chefs team up to feed kids while schools are closed
Neil Morris and Avi Shemtov, passionate about reducing waste and curbing food insecurity, step up when virus threatens to cut off a source of nutritious meals for the less affluent
By
Penny Schwartz
March 12, 2020, 5:58 pm
Israelis throw away 4.2 billion meals annually, while 400,000 families go hungry
National Food Waste Reduction Day tries to raise awareness, change the way we look at food
By
Sue Surkes
September 4, 2019, 9:25 am
Sabra hummus founder says plastic is the perfect way to upcycle waste
Israeli company UBQ Materials takes unsorted trash and converts it into plastic pellets; it just released recycling bins in Virginia, its first product for the public
By
Melanie Lidman
April 25, 2019, 2:05 pm
Jewish farm plants a Garden of Eden in southern England
Inspired by her time at the Isabella Freedman retreat in Connecticut, Sadeh founder Talia Chain returns home to practice earth-based Judaism — and fight for the environment
By
Robert Philpot
February 28, 2018, 2:31 pm
How the Talmud helped inspire one scholar’s case for eating ethically this Purim
Jonathan K. Crane of Emory University draws upon sacred and secular sources — including midrashic wisdom — to remind us that enough is as good as a feast
By
Rich Tenorio
June 1, 2017, 2:37 am
Why ugly produce can be a beautiful thing
Living by the adage that one man’s trash is another’s treasure, this company gives misshapen fruits and vegetables happy homes at discount prices
By
Lisa Klug
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