Table+to+Table+Project

= Pre-Trip Research... =

Location of your site:
Table to Table is a nonprofit organization that collects left over food from all over israel. But project Leket, which is the project where volunteers pick left over crops from israeli fields takes place in fields all over israel. One of the fields include a field near rechovot israel. 

== Geographical Features (Include a Picture or Map): ==

The fields of project Leket are located near rechobot israel the fields are full of frutis and vegetables s he gleaning of fruits and vegetables from Israeli farm fields and orchards is a unique activity attracting tens of thousands of volunteers annually. Leket Israel volunteers rescue thousands of tons of agricultural crops every year that are left to rot at the end of each season.

Produce is collected from hundreds of farms and packing houses around the country and is temporarily stored in refrigeration rooms of the organization. The produce is subsequently transported to hundreds of organizations serving those in need throughout the country.

The Meaning of the Name of your Site:
Leket is the Hebrew word meaning to glean, a practice documented in scriptures dating back thousands of years. Leket, also known as Table to Table, is Israel’s largest charitable “food rescue” and “food bank” organization. It salvages thousands of tons of produce that

Historical Background/Significance:
Table to table is a food rescue organization that collects left over foods from high quality, excess food from catered events, corporate cafeterias, restaurants, factories, army bases and farms. The food is subsequently delivered to over 90 organizations serving Israelis in need. All the food that Table to Table collects would otherwise be discarded. Table to table also currently looking for teenagers or volunteers of any age to partake in their project, Project Leket. an innovative initiative to fight hunger in Israel. Through **Project Leket ** , Table to Table and volunteer groups, with the support of farmers, pick fruit and vegetables that were not collected at the end of a particular season’s harvest. Typically volunteers pick fruit or vegetables for about 1-2 hou rs == Do other Cultures or Religions have connections to your site?: == Yes, people from all around the world come to pick fruit and help end hunger in israel and around the world.

Connect a Talmudic/Biblical saying to your site:
When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all your undertakings. -- Deuteronomy 24:19

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= After the Trip... =

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