Project Leket, Leket Israel’s flagship gleaning initiative, was established in 2005 to prevent the paradoxical waste of fruits and vegetables, in the face of significant levels of poverty and hunger in the country. Through the program, during 2019 Leket Israel’s staff and volunteers will rescue from fields, orchards, and packing houses over 35 million lbs. of fruits and vegetables slated by farmers for destruction (673,000 lbs. weekly). The project provides tens of thousands of Israel's poor with access to an important source of nutrition they could not otherwise afford.
