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Blue and Green - Israel's Back to the Land

Israel’s organic and vegetarian/vegan cultures have always been around, but are now getting wider public interest, resulting in new life to rural communities, and contibuting to the nations’s health and our cuisine

Working and socializing in the greenhouse. Kaima Organic Farm
Children and adults picking lettuce at Kaima Organic Farm, Beit Zayit

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Sun rays over Kinneret on an autumn day

Eretz Gshur Olive Press, Visitor Center

A high-tech olive press in Kibbutz Gshur, Golan Heights was visited. High quality olives, of various strains, uniquely grown, are used to create superb high-end oils and other products. Highly recommended visitor center and shop.

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Olive picking from the tall branches, Sharona.

Olive picking – My First Masik

Wartime volunteering opportunities offered me my first opportunity at olive picking, or Masik, An uplifting experience, physically, mentally and socially. I discovered that a Jewish masik can be just as joyful as the Arab ones. We picked Manzanillo, an edible strain using rakes.

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In preparation: Afa’im, Muslala, Harduf, forest gardening, Deir el Asad olive press, Volunteering in times of war and more

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