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The Farmers’ Federation of Israel was founded in 1922 as an Ottoman association. It is the first settlement movement established in Israel and unites thousands of private farmers from agricultural communities throughout Israel. The Federation’s motto is a quote by Moshe Smilansky: “If there is agriculture here – the Homeland is here”, and it plays an active role in safeguarding Israel’s borders by working and maintaining the adjacent land. The Farmers’ Federation of Israel founded the Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School, The People’s Medical Fund(Kupat Holim Ammamit) which in 1974 became the HMO “Kupat Holim Me’uhedet “, as well as the Federation newsletter Ha’Bustanai (The Orchardist). Local agriculture yields the healthiest and tastiest food, providing the food safety that every developed country must ensure its citizens, especially due to the effects of the global climate crisis. Agriculture is the green landscape one sees when traveling and the driving force behind rustic tourism: country guesthouses, wineries, beehives and everywhere we take children to teach them that, for example, tomatoes do not grow on the shelves in the supermarket. Agriculture is our green lungs and it provides a solution for removing wastewater, which is an ecological hazard. And of course, agriculture preserves the land and safeguards Israel’s borders. to all philatelic items issued on February 2022
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