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By Viva Sarah Press www.Israel21c.org

At the annual Arava Agricultural R&D exhibition – which took place earlier this month -visitors were wowed by new edible produce including a black tomato, rainbow colored carrots and red lemons.

Over 250 companies from Israel and around the world participated in the expo.

The new species of fruits and vegetables are set for export. And in addition to adding a splash of color to the salad bowl, the new produce reportedly packs more vitamins and antioxidants into its fruit/vegetable.

“Black Galaxy” tomato was developed by Technological Seeds DM. The company says that the color was derived from a pigment in blueberries and that the new species has higher concentrations of Vitamin C as found in regular tomatoes.

Among other new edible creations, the show featured the latest agro-tech developments including thermal plant imaging and a crop dusting robot.

Ambassador Daniel Shapiro and his wife Julie Fisher visited the Better Place Visitor’s Center on January 12. Their tour of the center was hosted by Mike Granoff, Better Place Chief of Oil Independence Policies, and Yariv Nornberg, Policy Manager. In addition to discussing the first deliveries of Better Place’s all-electric cars in Israel on January 22, the Ambassador discussed the Better Place plan for bringing an electric car network to Israel and similar plans for Australia and Denmark. Ambassador Shapiro and Mrs. Fisher concluded their visit with test drives of two Better Place vehicles

Kibbutz Sasa saves the lives of countless American troops with its advanced armor technologies. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro saw this first hand on January 30 when he visited the Plasan factory in northern Galilee. The Ambassador saw the full range of products, from reactive armor, to purpose built vehicles, to body armor. Plasan has delivered more than 8,000 armor kits to U.S units on active duty.

Israel is a world leader in armor technology and the Ambassador expressed his gratitude for the dedication to quality expressed at Plasan.

Nestled in the forested hills of northern Israel, Kibbutz Sasa does more than just forge armor, they also forge connections. Their unique theater program called Bereshit l’Shalom brings young people together from all sectors of Israeli society. Jews, Arabs, Druze, or Circassian all use the art of theater and dance to express the importance of working across society’s boundaries to interact with others based on similarities, not differences. This successful program has performed throughout Israel and Europe.