In The Press 2019

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.