Leket Israel

Report: Israel's food loss dropped by 50,000 tons in 2020

Household food loss increased, while institutional food loss decreased by 50%, report shows.

'People needed to eat now, not later. We had to act immediately,' Leket CEO Gidi Kroch says.

The organization of Joseph Gitler provide thousands of prepared meals for those in need.

An average family in Israel wastes $890 worth of food per year, equivalent to a month and a half of household food consumption expenditure.

Joseph Gitler, Chairman of Israel’s National Food Bank, is not satisfied with feeding only those who fall through the gaps in society.

Joseph Gitler turned his one-man mission into Israel’s largest food bank rescue network, known as Leket Israel, The National Food Bank.

Food rescue can eliminate food insecurity in Israel, BDO economist tells Arutz Sheva.

Leket Israel, BDO report on food waste and rescue finds $5.6 billion of food lost this year.

Pro-Israel group holds annual event in Israel for the benefit of Holocaust survivors, helps distribute food to the needy.