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In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, right with fur hat, are confronted by US Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
February 5, 2021, 5:45 am
Horned US Capitol stormer moved to Virginia jail for organic meals
Self-proclaimed QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley has been refusing to eat in DC lockup, saying organic food part of his ‘shamanic belief system and way of life’
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Israeli chef Erez Komarovsky is one of the culinary ambassadors starring in 'YesChef,' a new food platform created by entrepreneur Steve Avery (Courtesy YesChef)
July 27, 2020, 10:39 am
An Israeli-created culinary streaming platform hopes to become Netflix for cooks
YesChef offers up some of the world’s best chefs in a combination of documentary storytelling and cooking lessons
By Jessica Steinberg
Hedai Offaim (right), soon after the opening of Ofaimme in the Beit Hakerem neighborhood of Jerusalem (Courtesy Hedai Offaim)
June 23, 2018, 8:53 am
At Offaimme, the food stays local even as the seed-to-table empire expands
Brothers Hedai and Yinon return to their pioneering roots with an organic, high-tech farm that supplies its own network of cafes and shops
By Jessica Steinberg
Meshek Barzilay Delicatessan, a new vegan takeout option in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv. (Courtesy, Alex Mathiot)
June 10, 2018, 5:11 am
Are Tel Avivians actually vegan, or do they just really like vegetables?
The heart of the Vegan Nation has more vegan restaurant patrons than actual vegans, and the jury’s still out whether it’s a trend or a way of life that’s here to stay
By Jessica Steinberg
Arik Melamed, the proprietor of Melamed Farms, one of the few organic chicken farms in Israel (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2017, 8:07 am
Raising organic fowl isn’t a task for the chickenhearted
Going beyond free-range and antibiotic-free, Arik Melamed is a poultry pioneer
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Steven Kane of Congregation Sons of Israel, or CSI, and its Community Organic Farm in Briarcliff Manor, New York. (Courtesy)
August 23, 2017, 11:00 pm
Synagogues bet the farm on community-grown organic gardens
Access to spare land and urban farming awareness has congregants pitching in to feed local needy
By Cathryn J. Prince
Linda Lingle served two terms as Hawaii's governor from 2002 - 2010, and is Hawaii's most-known Jewish politico. (Wikimedia commons)
July 20, 2016, 4:31 pm
A small island of Judaism in Hawaiian politics
Tiny but stalwart, the Jewish contingent on America’s youngest state maintains a unique, and strong, sense of identity
By Lisa Klug
The fresh, farm-to-table offerings at Meshek Barzilay in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood aren't purely vegan, but that's cashew cream on those toasts (Courtesy Meshek Barzilay)
July 9, 2016, 3:12 pm
Across Israel, looking beyond the lentil burger
With vegan options aplenty for those looking to dine out, we offer our list of where to grab a table
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Rachel Freund is the herdswoman at Freund's Dairy Farm in East Canaan, Connecticut. (Courtesy Cabot Creamery)
June 21, 2016, 5:52 am
In a yiddische green acres, Old McDovid has a farm, E-I-E-I-Oy
Ancient Torah principles and a desire to reconnect to the land are bringing young Jews back to farming in droves
By Cathryn J. Prince
Michael Manor, owner of Mother Nature's Miracle, and his daughter, office manager Shahar Groode at farm headquarters on the island of Hawaii (Lisa Klug/Times of Israel)
May 20, 2016, 12:23 am
Expat Israelis cultivate ‘kibbutz’ vibe in Hawaiian paradise
On the Big Island, organic farming and a desire to return to nature draws an unexpectedly close Jewish community
By Lisa Klug
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding a shmura matzah at a matzah factory in Kfar Chabad, Israel, prior to the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, April 1, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
April 7, 2016, 9:52 pm
What makes shmura matzah the caviar of flatbread?
Seder-goers can’t seem to get enough of the hand-crafted, meticulously supervised unleavened bread, even for up to $60 a pound
By Uriel Heilman
Illustrative: Israeli workers water seedlings at a greenhouse in Ashkelon. Hydroponic crops are one method of working around the restrictions of a shmita year (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 28, 2014, 6:52 am
The Israelis who buy farmland to let it lie fallow
Intent on allowing the land to rest during shmita, a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews has invested in an orchard; others take a less stringent approach
By Jessica Steinberg
Trash collectors work at a dump outside Jerusalem (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)
August 21, 2014, 5:20 pm
Tel Aviv on the top of Israel’s trash heap, study finds
White City denizens throw out approximately three kilograms per person per day, compared with 1.4 kilograms in the EU
By Melanie Lidman
Chef Orel Kimchi demonstrates how to fillet a fresh sea bream (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 26, 2014, 7:30 pm
Sea bream gets the master chef treatment
Tel Aviv chef Orel Kimchi shows off his cooking techniques behind the counter as a preview to the Open Restaurants event
By Jessica Steinberg
The eggplant harvest at Chubeza organic farm in Israel (Courtesy Chubeza)
June 21, 2013, 10:59 am
Wanna eat organic? Order from a local CSA
A look at farms offering Community Sustained Agriculture around the country, delivering fresh, organic veggies to your doorstep
By Jessica Steinberg
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