“And all that I created for you I created, choose not to spoil or destroy it…. because if you spoil it there will be no one to correct it after you”
Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture
The Model Farm is currently being set up at the Newe Ya’ar Research Center, in order to examine, demonstrate and disseminate among farmers the principles of Sustainable Agriculture.
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What's new at the Model Farm?
Eco-friendly Next Generation Soil Amendments for Soil and Plant Health
Dr. Eric Palevski, Newe Ya’ar Research Center. Soils are the major reservoir of global biodiversity, the substrate for supporting agriculture and food security, regulating greenhouse
Spring 2022 -Sowing Corn in the Service Crop Plot
In the service crop plot at the model farm, corn was successfully sown this week. The agro-technical challenge we faced was to place the seeds
The Wild Almond
We are happy to share a link to the first published article based on experiments from the almond orchard in the Model Farm. The article
A student workshop on life cycle assessment (LCA) and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) to evaluate sustainability metrics
It was a great pleasure to host Prof. Deborah Sills‘s workshop at Newe Ya’ar. Prof. Sills is an environmental engineering professor at Bucknell University having
Conferences and Tours
Urban Blueprint Teams Visit the Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture
Urban blueprint teams from various regional councils, landscape architects, and representatives of the Agroecology unit of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Extension Services department toured the
Conference on soil supplements: A look at the latest practices in the service of sustainable agriculture
Why have a seminar day on the topic of soil supplements? Dr. Shiri Freilich, A.R.O. Institute of Plant Sciences, Newe Ya‘arOrganic supplements derived from various
The Valley Farmers’ Conference 2019
The Valley Farmers’ Conference, under the aegis of the Valley Farmers’ Center and the Newe Ya‘ar Research Center, held on December 31, 2019. The Conference
Valley Farmers Conference 2018
The Valley Farmers Conference, jointly sponsored by the Valley Agricultural Center and the Newe Ya‘ar Research Center, was held on 4 December 18 at Newe
