ISRAEL - The Agricultural Miracle
This extraordinary achievement, driven by decades of research and development, has turned the Arava into a beacon of agricultural innovation. Today, the region exports 60% of Israel’s fresh vegetables, demonstrating the transformative potential of advanced agricultural practices in challenging environments. However, the work of the Kasser Joint Institute extends far beyond Israel’s borders.
Pons Allon explains that the Institute’s mission is rooted in the Jewish principle of “Tikkun Olam”—repairing the world. “We’re not just keeping our knowledge to ourselves,” she says. “We collaborate with the University of Arizona to take the research we’ve developed here in the Arava and share it with communities in developing countries.”
One notable initiative is the Arava International Center for Agriculture Training (AICAT), which brings students from developing nations, mainly from Africa and Asia, to Israel. These students receive hands-on agricultural training and are inspired by Israel’s innovative spirit. Pons Allon emphasizes the profound impact of this exchange: “It’s not just about learning how to farm. They see how we take the impossible and make it possible—it’s the Israeli dream.”
In the spirit of collaboration and global outreach, Pons Allon will speak at the JNF-USA Global Conference in Dallas this November. The episode inspires listeners by Israel’s agricultural achievements and motivates them to join a global movement for change.
-www.jpost.com, 8 September 2024
Arno's Commentary
Israel’s agricultural miracle has been well-publicized globally. They have been most successful in transforming harsh desert environments into thriving agricultural hubs. While we may admire their attempt at “tikkun olam” (repairing the world), that will not happen except by supernatural interference.
The prophet Isaiah proclaims: “Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest” (Isaiah 32:15). Chapter 35, verse 1 adds: “The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
