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  • Despite Anti-Israel Stances, European, Asian Countries Clamour to Buy Israeli Wines

    ISRAEL, 2016/02/13 As the Israeli wine industry continues to expand, additional international markets are opening up to the variety of wines that Israel’s winemakers have to offer. The 2016 Sommelier Wine Exhibition, organized by the Israel Export Institute (IEI) featured 80 different Israeli wineries that displayed their goods in Tel Aviv’s Culture Palace on Wednesday, January 27. The exhibition drew representatives from around the world who attended the event, with several signing contracts with Israeli wineries.

  • Agriculture Ministry calls to further restrict trawl fishing

    ISRAEL, 2016/02/09 Things turned fishy at the Knesset on Monday at the same time as the Agriculture Ministry called for increased regulations on net fishing, and one MK accused the ministry of trying to eliminate the practice, known as trawling, all. The Knesset Finance Committee met at the request of the ministry, which wants changes made to regulations in an effort to prevent depletion of fish stocks. One proposed change would require that trawling take place farther from the shore, 40 meters instead of the current 15 meters. The ministry as well called for the size of industrial fishing nets to be reduced and for fishing to be prohibited during mating seasons.

  • Students display their spirulina project at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium

    ISRAEL, 2015/07/27

  • Israeli experts develop grapes that grow all year round

    ISRAEL, 2015/04/06 Researchers successfully grow existing variety of seedless grape during winter months, while other scientists develop method to limit height of towering date palms. Grapes in the winter? Apparently so. Using appropriate pruning techniques and plastic sheeting to cover the vineyards, Israeli agriculturalists have come up with a way to "convince" grapes to ripen in the cold season too. According to the Agriculture Ministry, researchers in the south of Israel have successfully grown an existing variety of seedless grape, Early Sweet, during the winter months. Currently, Early Sweet grapes are marketed in the summer, but Agriculture Ministry officials presently say that the new method will allow farmers to grow and sell the particular variety from January through to April too.

  • Israeli Greengrocers' Market Share Increases

    ISRAEL, 2015/01/11 According to an analysis conducted by the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, the chain stores' share of this market has declined for the first time in about twenty years and a corresponding increase in the greengrocers' market share was indicated. In the recent past, an increase in the chain stores' share of the market for fruit and vegetables was evident year after year, at the expense of the market share held by the greengrocery stores. An analysis conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (based on the data available from the 2013 Israeli Household Expenditure Survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics) has shown that this increase in the chain stores' share of the market for the sale of fruit and vegetables came to a halt in 2013, and compared to the previous year even declined to some extent.

  • Israeli produce is a seventh heaven for vegetarian, vegan and fruitarian diets.

    ISRAEL, 2014/09/02 The fruitarian community in Israel, says a vegan friend over lunch recently, has not been given equitable representation in the media. But with a prime spot on the new Large Brother reality television show last month, Israel could be showing new signs of acceptance. The fruitarian diet – as well known as 80/10/10 – includes fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Followers try to consume 80 % carbohydrates, 10% protein and 10% non-animal fats. Mahatma Gandhi, Idi Amin and Steve Jobs are part the majority notable fruitarians. Some say there is evidence that Leonardo Da Vinci was a fruitarian as well. And presently Israel’s reality TV stars are boasting about their eating habits.
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