For 20 years, Leket Israel has fed those in need - breaking the cycle of poverty and preventing massive waste. What started as a one-man volunteer operation in a driveway, has, over the last 20 years, become the National Food Bank of Israel and Israel's leading food rescue organization, feeding 234,000+ people weekly. The initiative grew from refrigerators in the driveway to an old, converted chicken coop, and then a larger distribution center in Ra'anana, and eventually to a Logistics Center in Gan Haim. The current location has a refrigeration capacity of 32,000 square feet, which enabled 26,500 tons of fruit and vegetables to be rescued in 2022.

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