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Noi Positive Food is Tel Aviv's Newest Positively Organic Bistro

When it comes to organic and environmentally conscious dining, Tel Aviv definitely has a reputation for getting with the program.  The white city (which...

"The Compost Guy" on Compost Awareness Week

This week marks International Composting Awareness Week, a week meant to be celebrated in Canada and the US, but which as far as I'm...

A Jarring Reminder Why Bottled Water Conflicts With Green Values

This article is not first one on Green Prophet dealing with water and other beverages sold in polyethylene and polystyrene bottles; and it probably...

Afghan Opium Growers Get Burned Out

Afghan farmers get "burned out" as government tows to US pressure. But for poppy farmers, it's poppies or starvation. Wheat crops, or biofuel crops...

Breastfeeding and Keeping Up With "Supply and Demand"

Breastfeeding involves no processing and no waste, and helps protect the environment, as we've been exploring here on Green Prophet's breastfeeding series. Even though breastfeeding...

Subsidized Sustainable Food Tour in Israel in November

At Green Prophet, we often post on organic vegetables and dairy products being grown in Israel; this November two Jewish environmental organizations are...

Swine Flu and The Future of Israeli Pigs – Domestic and "Wild"

(Israel raises non-Kosher pigs? Yup. And it has a pretty healthy wild population of wild boars, as well). They are calling to cull all the...

Egypt Culls 300,000 Pigs In Response to Swine Flu Virus

At the time of writing this post, there are 6 confirmed cases of swine flu now in Israel. Out of fear that the virus...

Stop Kissing, A Simple and Green Way To Prevent Swine Flu

The Inner Circle blog in Lebanon is reporting what it calls "an absurd" idea proposed by the Lebanese Heath Minister Mohammad Khalifeh as a...

A Warm, Sunny Earth Day Kind of Dessert: A Recipe for Lemon Curd

Happy Earth Day! (Though technically yesterday, most of Israel is celebrating today.) Celebrations require desserts, we're quite convinced, and since the citrus season is...

Fridge Voyeurism in Tel Aviv

Are you an organic food addict? Or do you insist on eating food that grown locally, but pesticide-ridden, to spare food miles (or to...

Matteo's Vegan Dinner in Brooklyn is Animal-Friendly but People-phobic

While in Israel, I often read about the hip food scene in Brooklyn, New York. From home picklers to small-scale cheese artisans and...

EcoBaladi Sprouts Organic Vegetables From the West Bank Valley of Thorns (Wadi Fuqin)

  (Abu Ibrahim, 53, in a field of fava beans. Photo: Daniella Cheslow) One of the most compelling parts of the West Bank is its Biblical...

Toxic Chemicals in Children's Bath Products Trigger International Outcry, Israel Says It's Safe

Israel has already done it. Now the governments of China and Vietnam are conducting their own safety tests on some baby bath products, such...

Greening Your Breakfast: A Recipe for Winter Muffins

This is about the time of year where we are all just about fed up. The weather is by turns glum, stormy, angry, and...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

Farm To Table Israel Connects People To The Land

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, explained

In Islamic tradition, there is a point where creation ends — a boundary that marks the limit of what any created being can reach. That boundary is called Sidrat al-Muntahā, often translated as “the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary.”

The Air Tea Kettle creates a new way to meet plants and herbalism

Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

Why Health Systems Are Reaching a Turning Point

Health emerges from a continuous energy and material flow from water through food to human physiology. Technical energy systems support this cycle through water treatment, agriculture, and infrastructure.

Sustainability That Sells: How Profit and Purpose Come Together in the Hive

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The Fitness App Revolution: Building the Future of Wellness Through Strategic Development

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