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Do Israeli Organic Standards Need Fixing?

If you’re going to shell out the extra shekels for organic food, you’re want to be confident that you’re getting the real deal. Personally, I...

Are Microwave Ovens Health Hazards?

Microwave ovens are an important cooking and food heating tool in many modern homes, especially here in Israel. Many people may not be aware,...

SAHA's Fairly Local Trade

For most people, fair trade means making sure South American and African farmers get paid a reasonable wage to grow coffee and chocolate. But...

Zucchini Blossom Frittata Makes the Most of Farmers' Market Jackpot

Zucchini flowers, or squash blossoms (for culinary purposes these are interchangeable), are one of those off-the-supermarket-beaten-path ingredients you tend to find only at farmers'...

No Ifs, Ands, or Cigarette Butts: Israeli Campaign Against Cigarette Butts

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I didn't know that cigarette butts were an environmental issue. I'm also not a smoker,...

6 Tips for Conserving Water in Israel and the Middle East

The recent attention given by the news media and this blog concerning our water problems in general, and to the depleting the Kinneret...

Fresh fava (ful medames) beans for salads

Ful medames; ta'miyya; bissara -- fava beans have given rise to iconic dishes across the Middle East. Egyptian cuisine is unimaginable without them. They've...

A Recipe for Pea Pod Soup

Shelled those garden peas? Now you have a soup you can make from the unused pea pods.

Is Israel's Bottled Water Polluted?

As a thirsty greenie living in Israel, I try to avoid buying bottled water, and instead have recently purchased a very cool stainless steel...

Getting My First Israeli CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

I was so anxious on Monday as I awaited word of delivery of my very first Israeli community supported agriculture (CSA) delivery to its...

Organic Whole Wheat Bread for Harvest Time and Shavuot

(image credit: giggul371) Shavuot is best known as the holiday which commemorates the bestowal of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. It is also the...

Tasty but Elitist? Tel Aviv’s Slow Food Farmer’s Market

Writer and part-time pig farmer, Jeff Yoskowitz, was at the recent Shavuot Slow Food market in Tel Aviv – and had mixed feelings about...

Sandor “Sandorkraut” Katz’s Wild Fermentation, a Review

“Social Change is another form of fermentation. Ideas ferment, as they spread and mutate and inspire movements for change," Sandor Katz.  I sat down to...

Netherland’s Climate Neutral Converts Egypt’s Carbon Into Compost

Green Prophet's Karin recently made us aware of a carbon offsetting scheme here in the Middle East, named Libra/Sekem, which converts cash paid for...

Citramed Preserves our Cosmetics the Natural Way

Parabens, a preservative used in cosmetics such as shampoos, deodorants, toothpastes and creams, are nasty things.  They're bad for our health, bad for the...

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How Responsible Tourism Could Help Protect the World’s Last Wild Places

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