Hydroponics at Sindyanna of Galilee

Working together to create social change from the ground up through the power of hydroponic farming 

Sindyanna of Galilee offers access to education and economic opportunities, alongside agricultural and financial advice, to Arab women and some 200 local Arab olive oil producers from Galilee, forming an essential platform for change.

“When you grow your own food, when you grow your own leaves in your own house and put it in your own salad, you know that you have clean food because you grew it.”

Nadia Goil, Sindyana of Galilee

Over the last few years, Sindyanna expanded the Hydroponic project to schools and kindergartens, including an innovative project with the Masar alternative school in Nazareth.

The Masar institute for education was established in 1996 in Nazareth and today educates around 300 students from kindergarten to the 12th grade. Its goal is to advance the creation of the first alternative experimental Arab-Palestinian school in Israel. With inspiration from Steven Hoffen's film, Sindyanna installed ten hydroponic systems at the school and in the homes of the school community and each system has been supplied with plants that were planted on-site.

Recent activities and future plans involve events at the school, where the systems and the produce will be showcased along with the screening of Hoffen’s film, Growing Peace in the Middle East, with Arabic subtitles.

Through additional fundraising efforts, Growing Peace can extend humanitarian efforts to bring hydroponics to schools, more food pantries, and other organizations that help those in need.