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Iyar and Nettles

15th April 2026

As we enter Iyar, the Hebrew month of healing, the wildflowers are in bloom and refreshing spring greens are abundant. In the Torah, the people are wandering in the desert, navigating interpersonal conflicts and the…

Categories: Cooking and Nutrition, Herbalism & Wild Edibles

Tu B’Shvat Haggadah

17th January 2025

Adamah’s Haggadot offer texts, questions, and suggestions for viewing Tu B’Shvat through fresh eyes and recontextualizing traditions. The Haggadah is designed to create a similar setting to a Passover seder – creating conversation with friends,…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Jewish Food Traditions, Tu Bishvat

Tags: Tu B'Shvat

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens, Young Adults

Rosh Hashanah Seder

26th September 2024

Symbolic foods and other prayers for the night of Rosh Hashanah Our short guide contains kiddush for Rosh Hashanah, a series of prayers to be recited over different symbolic foods, and other verses and prayers…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens, Young Adults

Sustainable Passover Resources

12th March 2024

New for 2026: Adamah Seder Supplement to Download This new Adamah resource draws from deep Torah of the Earth to ground and inspire your seder. Learn about karpas from Adamah’s Farm Director, go on a…

Categories: Food Systems & Food Justice, Passover,

Tags: Holidays, passover, pesach

Updated Shmita Sourcebook

22nd November 2023

The Hazon Shmita Sourcebook presents a guided exploration of the history, concepts, and practices of Shmita, from debt forgiveness to agricultural rest, economic adjustment to charitable giving. The updated sourcebook explores texts and commentaries that…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Environmental Justice, Food Systems & Food Justice, Jewish Agricultural Traditions, Shmita, , Sustainability

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, High School, Young Adults

Blessing Our Food Waste

17th November 2023

Through the practice of a food waste ritual, we can find deep lessons in how we gather, cook, and scrap food. We visually express those lessons into a “visual blessing” using actual food scraps and…

Categories: Jewish Food Traditions, Nature Exploration and Outdoor Wilderness, Sustainability

Tags: waste

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens, Young Adults, Youth

Purim Sustainable Resources

12th January 2023

What is Purim? Purim celebrates Esther and Mordechai’s triumph over Haman. Set in ancient Persia, the Book of Esther tells how an inept monarch allowed a hate-filled minister to threaten the Jewish community. Mordechai aided…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Jewish Food Traditions

Tags: Holidays

Faith is Green

9th November 2022

Jewish Life & Planet Earth Hazon partnered with EarthX to produce episodes on Jewish environmentalism for the Faith is Green series on EarthxTV. This brand new original series details how we can all strive to create…

Categories: Environmental Justice, Food & Climate, Sustainability

Age: Adults, High School, Young Adults

Ice Block on the Seder Table

11th April 2022

From the Jewish Climate Network: We are asking our community to place an ice block beside the Seder plate and open up a conversation about climate change this year (2022), while linking it to the…

Categories: Food & Climate, Food Systems & Food Justice, Hebrew Calendar & Jewish Ritual, Passover

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, Families, Teens

The Egg on the Seder Plate

4th March 2022

Use this as a tool for making conscious food choices and to start a discussion about animal welfare at your seder. We discuss many items on the seder plate – but the egg is often…

Categories: Food & Climate, Jewish Food Traditions, Passover, Shabbat and Holidays, Sustainability

Decomposition

17th March 2021

Categories: Food Systems & Food Justice, Sustainability

Tags: Teva, waste

Age: Elementary, Teens

Pickling 101

17th March 2021

There are many options to preserve each season’s harvest, including canning, vinegar pickling, drying, blanching and freezing. This particular activity teaches lacto-fermentation pickling – an easy, fun and extremely health-friendly method of food preservation. Participants…

Categories: Food & Climate, Sustainability

Tags: canning, food preservation, Pickling, Teva

Age: Adults, Elementary, Teens

Microgreens

17th March 2021

Microgreens are mini versions of regular vegetables. The shoots are harvested at a young age, before they grow into fully matured plants. They have a wonderful flavor and are richer in nutrition than their larger…

Categories: Food & Climate, Sustainability

Tags: microgreens, Teva, vegetables

Age: Adults, Elementary, Teens

Greening Chanukah Guide

1st December 2020

The Greening Chanukah Guide offers an overview of Chanukah through the lens of sustainability. Find tips and tricks for greening your holiday and learn more about the environmental implications of oil production to help create…

Categories: Adamah Publications, Environmental Justice, Jewish Food Traditions, Shabbat and Holidays

Judaism and Food Waste Source Sheet

1st July 2020

This source sheet is a dive into Jewish tradition’s commentary on prohibitions against wanton waste, environmental stewardship, responsibility for community members in need, and responses to hunger and surplus. We hope that it serves to…

Categories: Food Systems & Food Justice, , Sustainability

Tags: waste

Age: Adults, B'nai Mitzvah, High School, Middle School, Teens

Industrial Animal Agriculture and Climate Change – A Story Source Sheet

1st June 2020

Categories: Animals, Environmental Justice, Food & Climate

Tags: Adult learning, food justice, young adult, young adults

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