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"Food for Thought" Conference in Tel Aviv

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Make your own pesto at home!

3 bunches of basil (green or purple) 2 cloves of garlic (not frozen) 1/4 to 1/2 cup of olive oil 1/4 to 1/2 cup of walnuts (or pine nuts) Salt to taste A large squeeze of lemon juice Make it extra delicious by adding in 100g of parmesan Make it extra healthy by adding in a handful of nettles. 

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Turkey Rivals Iran as Pomegranate Powerhouse

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Father of "Green Revolution" Leaves Behind Big Questions

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Table to Table "Recycles" Left Over Food to the Needy

You've read many Green Prophet articles dealing with all kinds of recycling; ranging from paper and plastic materials , to plant and animal refuse...

The SODIS Makes Light – And Water – Of Plastic Bottles

The evils of plastic water and beverage bottles have already been noted in previous Green Prophet articles, including one dealing with bottled water conflicting with...

Frankenstein Falafel? Israeli consumers at risk from GM foods

Recent laboratory tests have discovered that consumers in Israel are eating Genetically Modified Organisms – whether they like it or not. Tests by Milouda Quality Control Laboratories,...

How to clean your body with raw, organic food the Ann Wigmore way

Mitzpe Alummot believes in the Ann Wigmore philosophy, which "regards the body, the mind and the spirit as one whole. 

Lebanon Farmers Market Makes Food Not War

Although Lebanon's Christian and Muslim communities live in an uneasy balance, a trendy farmers market has helped bring the nation's diverse groups together to...

Is Egypt back-tracking on GM crops ban?

The Egyptian government has apparently performed an astonishing U-turn on banning controversial Genetically Modified crops from the country. According to reports in the press...

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