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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Leket Israel

A group of Camp Ramah/Birthright participants help pack food supplies in Israel, September 2024. The trip was for adults with non-physical disabilities who volunteered in various locations around Israel. (courtesy Howard Blas)
September 24, 2024, 5:00 pm
Despite rocket fire, Birthright launches 1st volunteer mission for adults with disabilities
10-day trip sponsored by Birthright and Camp Ramah enables a dozen adults on the autistic spectrum to lend a hand in Israel during the war
By Gavriel Fiske
Leket Israel volunteers gather near the Gaza border to help farmers, on March 11, 2024. (Leket Israel)
July 30, 2024, 6:37 am
Food waste cost economy NIS 1 billion during first six months of war — study
Lack of access and reduction in farmhands caused shortages that saw vegetables prices rise 18% and fruit prices 12%, says paper calling for more support for local growers
By Sue Surkes
Farmers from the Golan Heights demonstrate with colleagues from all over Israel against the war and the security of the borders in a convoy of agricultural trucks, Kibbutz Mevo Hama, southern Golan Heights , February 22, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 16, 2024, 8:21 pm
Loan org, Leket food bank, partner to offer farmers credit to cope with war effects
Tracks offer 3% fixed interest rate on loans of up to NIS 300,000 over five years, or prime-rated loans of up to NIS 1 million over a decade, plus help with planning, mentorships
By Sue Surkes
Produce is sorted at the Leket Israel Logistics Center (Credit: Amir Yakoby/Leket Israel).
April 21, 2024, 7:54 pm
Israeli aid groups address food crisis amid war fallout ahead of Passover
The Israel-Hamas war has kneecapped Israel’s agriculture industry, but volunteer organizations have come to the rescue as the festival of freedom arrives
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Sorting cabbages that would otherwise go to waste at Leket's center in Gan Haim, central Israel, November 2023. (Amir Yaakobi)
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
Israeli volunteers help with the pomegranate harvest at Kibbutz Kfar Menahem in south-central Israel on October 29 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 9, 2023, 6:05 pm
Agriculture Ministry seeking to lure out-of-work Israelis to take up jobs on farms
Ministry promises to double wages of farmhands in fields close to the Gaza and Lebanon borders as it tries to make up for a serious manpower shortage across the agricultural sector
By Sue Surkes
Food rescued by the Leket organization. (Courtesy)
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
PROMOTED CONTENT
January 2, 2022, 9:25 am
Leket’s Joseph Gitler
How the Founder and Chairman of Israel’s leading food rescue organization transformed his idea of minimizing food waste into one of Israel’s most well-respected and impactful nonprofit organizations
The Hiriya Landfill Restoration Project, located southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Food waste dumped into landfill is doubly negative for the environment, because of the environmental costs of producing food. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
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
Illustrative photo of a banquet buffet. (KatarzynaBialasiewicz, istockphoto, Getty Images)
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
Joseph Gitler
September 28, 2020, 6:34 pm
Joseph Gitler
Lockdown is already wreaking hunger in Israel… again
As stomachs rumble across the nation, our food distribution charity is again busier than ever, but it’s hard to ask donors to give yet again
An elderly lady receives a meal delivery courtesy of Leket, the National Food Bank. (Courtesy, Leket)
August 26, 2020, 6:06 pm
National food bank faces rising demand for meals, plummeting food sources
Due to COVID-19, donations of unused prepared food from hotels, companies and army bases are down by more than half while demand for meals is up 50%
By Sue Surkes
Joseph Gitler
August 2, 2020, 5:26 pm
Joseph Gitler
The day Israel’s president showed up to help me feed pandemic poor
Ruby Rivlin came to sort and pack produce for needy families and to learn more about today’s food security challenges. That’s true leadership
Leket Israel collected 2.2 million cooked meals from institutions in 2018 to donate to soup kitchens and charities across Israel, like this archive photo of volunteers collecting uneaten food from a hotel. (Courtesy, Leket Israel)
March 24, 2020, 6:47 pm
NGO that gives meals to schoolkids in need will deliver to homes amid pandemic
NEVET and Leket Israel join forces to provide pre-packaged hot meals, ensure deprived children and their families continue to benefit from nutritional food
By Sue Surkes
Volunteers sort produce at the warehouse of Leket Israel, the country's largest food-rescue organization. (Ben Sales/JTA)
March 17, 2020, 5:10 pm
Food charities call on government to chip in during virus crises
With mass layoffs expected, demand will be even higher, groups say, seeking assistance similar to that planned for small and medium businesses
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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