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farm
Israeli farmer beaten to death, reportedly by Palestinians
Jewish Journal
June 24, 2015
An Israeli farmer died at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center after being found severely beaten in a field.
This Week in Jewish Farming: Meeting the neighbors
Jewish Journal
August 8, 2014
Back in the spring, I struggled to figure out a good cold storage solution for the farm.
Green gold: Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
Simone Wilson
October 2, 2013
Just over six years ago, in the lush Upper Galilee of northern Israel, the nation’s first large-scale harvest of legal medical marijuana was flowering on the roof deck of Tzahi Cohen’s parents’ house, perched on a cliff overlooking the bright-green farming village of Birya. Until then, fewer than 100 Israeli patients suffering from a short list of ailments had been allowed to grow the plants for themselves, but this marked the first harvest by a licensed grower.
Comparing animal rights and the Holocaust
Naomi Pfefferman
October 11, 2012
On Oct. 2, Alex Hershaft, a Holocaust survivor and founder of the nonprofit Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), sat on the ground with some 100 other protesters in front of the Farmer John pig slaughterhouse in Vernon, Calif., blocking the entrance from two bi-level trucks carrying 200 pigs that had arrived to be slaughtered that day.
Comparing animal rights and the Holocaust
Naomi Pfefferman
October 10, 2012
On Oct. 2, Alex Hershaft, a Holocaust survivor and founder of the nonprofit Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), sat on the ground with some 100 other protesters in front of the Farmer John pig slaughterhouse in Vernon, Calif., blocking the entrance from two bi-level trucks carrying 200 pigs that had arrived to be slaughtered that day. In the next 24 hours, the pigs would be among 6,000 animals that would be stunned by electrical shock, hoisted up by their hind legs and their necks slit in the plant, which is the largest pig slaughterhouse on the West Coast.
Farmer, rabbi and maple syrup maker, Shmuel Simenowitz melds Torah and environmentalism
Jewish Journal
April 19, 2011
It’s easy to spot Rabbi Shmuel Simenowitz at a Jewish food conference, an environmentalist gathering or any of the other progressive-minded confabs he frequents. Just look for the Chasid in the room.
How sweet it is: behind the buzz at two of California’s hives
Amy Klein
September 14, 2006
The complicated process that bees go through to make honey and the complex operation that people go through to get that honey to the table.
Ecohustle Blooms in Community Garden
Marc B. Haefele
June 1, 2006
The matter at issue is a community farm in South Central Los Angeles that has sprung up on 14.3 acres that do not belong to the farmers. The land belongs to Ralph Horowitz, who says he wishes to build a warehouse or to sell the land at something close to its market value.
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