Gazan Terrorists Tried to Destroy Yossi's Farm. He Rebuilt.
Now he needs you to stand with him.
They Came for the Land.
Yossi farmed near Gaza. A quiet life — his wife, four little boys, the land. That morning, armed terrorists stormed his community. His family hid in a bomb shelter.
They survived. But many farmers didn't.
They Came for Israel's Food.
And Left the Fields to Rot.
Israel's "vegetable barn" — the southern farmland that grows half the nation's food — was deliberately targeted. Crops rotted in the ground. Equipment was destroyed. Workers fled.
A nation's food security was under siege.
Yossi Gets Back to Work.
He refused to walk away. Yossi returned to his land — determined to rebuild and replant.
I came back to my roots. This is how my father used to grow. — Yossi, Southern Israel Farmer
His Workers Had Fled.
He Couldn't Go Back on His Own.
Rebuilding a farm takes hands — dozens of them. Yossi had none.
Fortunately, Leket Israel Was There.
A bus of volunteers just showed up — and they saved half my fields. That's a whole world. — Yossi, Southern Israel Farmer
Still Wounded.
Yossi's farm is recovering, but Israel's agricultural sector is still in crisis.
Israel's enemies want a nation that can't feed itself — dependent, vulnerable, weakened. Food security is national security. The fight isn't over.
Where Terror Reigned,
Life Grows Again.
The soil has seen fire, but it's not finished. With your help, the fields come back — and Israel's farmers hold their ground.
"This is the strength of the people — the volunteers, the support we receive." — Yossi, Southern Israel Farmer
Built for This Moment. Trusted for 23 Years.
When everything fell apart, Leket Israel didn't need to spin up — we were already there. The bus of volunteers that saved Yossi's fields was one of thousands we sent, drawing on a network built over more than two decades:
- Trusted by Israel itself — when the IDF and the Israeli government needed an emergency food response, they turned to Leket.
- Active every single day since 2003 — Israel's largest food-rescue organization, through every crisis and every calm.
- 60,000+ tons of nutritious food rescued every year — reaching hundreds of thousands of Israelis in need.
- Honored at the highest level — Leket's founder received Israel's Presidential Volunteer Award for a lifetime of service.
- Transparent and accountable — audited financials published every year, and US donations are tax-deductible through American Friends of Leket Israel.
"When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest… you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger." — Leviticus 19:9-10
The Hebrew word leket means "to glean." Three thousand years ago, God commanded farmers to leave the corners of their fields and the gleanings of the harvest for the poor and the stranger. When Boaz left grain in his field for Ruth, he was keeping that command. Leket Israel carries it into the present — rescuing surplus food that would otherwise be wasted and bringing it to those in need.
Fresh produce from farms. Cooked meals from hotels, corporate kitchens, and IDF bases. No food is purchased, no middlemen — 100% rescued food, delivered free through Leket's own fleet of refrigerated trucks.
When you give, you help leave the corners of the field — keeping a commandment older than the nation of Israel. You stand with God's people and the farmers who feed them, inside His ancient promise to bless those who bless Israel.
They Tried to Destroy His Farm. They Failed. Make Sure They Never Succeed Again.
Every gift helps rebuild farms, feed families, and stand with a nation that refuses to break.
"I will bless those who bless you."
Genesis 12:3Your gift puts hands back in the fields and helps rebuild the farms that feed a nation.
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