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Israel’s innovators are doing what Washington won’t: building real solutions that protect our food supply and help hardworking farmers. Israeli genomics firm NRGene announced that its High Resistance tomato seeds, developed with Philoseeds, are now being sold commercially to protect crops from the devastating Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus — a welcome bit of common-sense science for growers who have been left vulnerable.
ToBRFV has wrecked greenhouses and cost producers millions, and NRGene’s September 30, 2025 announcement shows private-sector grit delivering a practical fix fast. The company says the HR trait has been tested in commercial plots and is already reaching farmers in Europe, South Africa and the U.S., proving that innovation and market incentives still outpace bureaucratic paralysis.
Let’s be clear: protecting crops from disease is not a niche academic exercise — it’s national security for our food supply and the livelihoods of small producers. Conservatives should cheer the triumph of entrepreneurship and technology that defends families’ food and pocketbooks, while demanding that regulators stay out of the way unless they’re actually protecting consumers.
On the consumer front, Israel is also pushing into the brave new world of precision-fermented dairy. Remilk and Gad Dairies announced a product called The New Milk in November 2025 that uses microbes to produce dairy-identical proteins, and the companies say the product will roll out to cafés and restaurants now with supermarket availability planned for January 2026.
Remilk’s pitch is familiar to Silicon Valley: the milk tastes and behaves like cow’s milk but is lactose-free, cholesterol-free, and—importantly for Israeli shoppers—claimed to be kosher pareve, a point that has stirred religious and regulatory debate. That innovation might appeal to some consumers, but it also raises real questions about transparency, labeling, and who decides what belongs on supermarket shelves.
Americans should watch this carefully. Precision fermentation firms tout lower emissions and resource use, and regulators in several countries have already moved on approvals for these proteins, but hype is not a substitute for rigorous oversight and clear labeling so parents and shoppers can make informed choices. The solution is simple: embrace innovation, yes, but demand transparency, testing, and truthful labels so markets — not woke marketing departments — decide winners and losers.
In short, Israel’s entrepreneurs are reminding the free world what results-oriented innovation looks like — from disease-resistant seeds that protect crops to new ways to produce food. Conservatives should back that spirit of problem-solving while insisting that regulators protect safety and consumers, not corporate narratives. If America wants to stay strong and feed its people, we should copy the parts that work and push back against any rush to replace tradition without clear evidence and honest choice.
