Environment
Simple Sensor For What Plants Drink Helps Preserve Precious Water
Climate change and population growth have proven to be a toxic combination for humanity, with countries struggling to feed a rapidly expanding number of mouths even as water – so crucial to agriculture – becomes more scarce. An Israeli startup, however, has developed a solution that potentially saves huge amounts of the precious water used […]
March 17, 2024
Keeping Fruits And Vegetables Fresh With A Simple Sticker
Buying produce, and then having it quickly go bad, is a common disappointment for many. One Israeli startup has developed a solution that keeps fruits and vegetables fresh for longer without changing or adding anything to the produce themselves. Ness Ziona-based Liva has developed a sticker that when applied to the package, can extend the […]
March 04, 2024
Stronger Seeds Could Counter Climate Change Food Insecurity
A swelling global population and the vagaries of climate change have left humanity scrambling for solutions for looming food insecurity. Realizing just how crucial it is to maximize the production of food staples, Israeli agritech company SaliCrop developed a way to protect seeds from adverse environmental factors, known as abiotic stresses, making it possible to […]
February 22, 2024
‘Smart Watch’ For Plants Keeps Crops Irrigated As Climate Changes
A sensor that measures the “heartbeat” of a plant is being used by farmers around the world to optimize the growing process, most notably how much water it needs, at a time when weather patterns are shifting and becoming unpredictable due to climate change. Almost all plants, big and small, rely on the process of […]
February 18, 2024
Israeli Cherry Tomatoes That Dry Themselves In The Sun
Not only did Israeli scientists create the modern cherry tomatoes that are so popular worldwide, but now researchers at foodtech startup Supree have produced a strain of the fruit that even dries itself on the vine as it grows in the sun. “In tomatoes, there is a trait of tiny cracks called microcracking,” Supree VP […]
February 12, 2024
AI Hive Cares And Protects Increasingly Endangered Bees
Apples and avocados, peppers and tomatoes are just some of a long list of crops that need bee pollination to survive. But bees are dying at an alarming rate, threatening future food security. According to Friends of the Earth, the world’s largest environmental organization that operates in 73 countries, the future survival of bees on […]
February 11, 2024
Tel Aviv University Gene Tech Produces Tomatoes Using Less Water
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have grown tomatoes using less water, without reducing yield or adversely impacting taste and quality. Using gene editing technology called CRISPR, the researchers reduced the amount of time in which a plant allows water to evaporate from its leaves – a process called transpiration. Less transpiration means the need for […]
January 30, 2024
In World First, Israel Approves Lab-Grown Beef Steaks For Public Sale
An Israeli startup producing lab-grown meat has received approval from the Israeli government to publicly sell its cultivated beef steaks in the country. This is the first time that non-chicken cultivated meat has been approved for market anywhere in the world and the first time that any form of cultivated meat has been authorized for […]
January 18, 2024
Making World’s Most Expensive Fish From Plants And Tuna Cells
As overfishing takes its toll on marine life in waters across the planet, an Israeli company is determined to harness technological know-how to save some species from the brink of extinction – including the most expensive one in the world per pound. Wanda Fish extracted cells from three different species – bluefin tuna, mackerel and […]
January 10, 2024
Creating Classic Blue Jean Color No Longer Costs The Earth
Classic denim blue jeans have been a staple in the global fashion industry for over half a century – but their iconic color comes with a heavy environmental price. Dyeing just a single pair of jeans involves thousands of liters of water. And the dye itself comes from synthetic indigo, which is made of a […]
December 19, 2023
App ‘Rescues’ Unsold Food, Saving Cash, Cafés And The Planet
Israel, the land flowing with milk and honey, is wasting millions of tons of its food every year. In fact, according to Leket Israel, the country’s leading food rescue organization, over one third of all the food that it produces gets thrown away. An Israeli startup is looking to put a dent in this statistic […]
December 12, 2023
Fish Without Fishing: Cultivated Meat Startup Tackles Sea Scarcity
With overfishing posing a growing threat to the global marine ecosystem, an Israeli startup has created a way of making fish products without catching any of the animals at all. “Our oceans are running out of fish,” Sea2Cell co-founder and CEO Dr. Orna Harel tells NoCamels. “And the gap between supply and demand is increasing.” […]
December 07, 2023
Israeli AI Platform Spots Leaks, Saves Water Worldwide
An AI-driven Israeli water management system is making a splash worldwide with its 24/7 monitoring platform that tracks every leak, burst pipe and broken tap – saving water, time and money. Managing a water utility, be it in a bustling city or sparsely populated rural area, ultimately means ensuring that homes have access to water […]
December 05, 2023
‘We Keep Going’: Cleantech Firm Resolute After Hamas Horror
An Israeli cleantech startup has created a versatile biomaterial from an easily cultivated plant, which not only removes carbon dioxide from the air but can also be used as a viable substitute for plastic and building materials. This should have been a feature solely about their innovation, but for Kenaf Ventures the world changed on […]
November 05, 2023
Bee Happy: New Device Protects Hives From Colony-Killing Mites
For almost two decades, agriculturalists around the world have been sounding the alarm about the global disappearance of entire bee colonies, a vital link in the food chain whose absence is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists have determined that one of the primary causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the Varroa mite, a […]
October 12, 2023