December 23 – iCAN – Prize for ‘Groundbreaking Woman in Agriculture’ was awarded to Dr. Nirit Bernstein for her important innovative work on whole-plant cannabis science
October 6 – Times of Israel – Volcani’s scientists at the forefront of global effort to save banana plants from killer fungus
September – Cannabis 2020 #2 – An article by Dr. Nirit Bernstein on the critical need for cannabis research and education
September 18 – Israel21c – Dr. Nirit Bernstein describes her pioneering work to make medical cannabis effective, safe and standardized
September 13 – CIMMYT – Volcani’s scientist Roi Ben-David discusses Israel’s exotic germplasm gap and ongoing efforts to restore the country’s lost wheat landrace collections
September 6 – TIME magazine – Scientists at Volcani Center work on finding solutions to cocoa disease
August 8 – Times of Israel – Israeli scientists fight to save iconic Sabra prickly pear from devastating pest
August 5 – Israelagri – A National Genome Editing Center featuring Volcani scientists
July 1 – Forbes Israel – Prof. Hinanit Koltai – at the forefront of medical cannabis research
June 3 – Israel 21c – EU award to Volcani Center
May 23 – Israel 21c – Top 12 ways Israel is feeding the world
May 11 – Haaretz – Plant scientist Nirit Bernstein is helping U.S. experts make progress in medical marijuana research
May 11 – The Jerusalem Post – U.S. turns to Israeli know-how for medical cannabis research
May 9 – The Jewish News of Northern California – In S.F., Israel gets brownie points for medical cannabis research
January 3 – VancouverSun – Canadian company developing a cannabis cure for a rare type of skin cancer.