Here are seven excellent reasons to leave the house, in the form of eateries that serve dishes that are tasty as well as healthful and even challenge the term healthy eating as we know it. And also transcend the usual organic, vegetarian or calorie-counters' offerings we conjure up.

Fresh from the garden: One great example of a healthy dish that really warms you up and comforts you on a cold winter day is stuffed vegetables. What is special about Makom Balev, other than its location and design, is the fact that the staff carefully pick the herbs, vegetables and greens from the restaurants own organic garden. They make their stuffed delicacies from a variety of vegetables, filled with whole-grain rice, chopped mushrooms, tofu and organic spices in tomato sauce. Thus, ultimately, in addition to every sinfully rich dish on the menu like gnocchi with cream or hamburgers youll find offers that are made from all organic vegetables picked only hours before, whether its garden eggplant or lettuce. And when its so simple and delicious, you have to wonder: Why arent there more restaurants with their own gardens?

Makom Balev, 5 Pardes Meshutaf St., Ra'anana

Makom Balev (David Bachar)

Low sodium and original: Meshek Barzilay (Barzilay Farm) is a fairly long-standing institution, which moved last year to Tel Aviv's Neveh Tzedek after 10 years on Moshav Yarkona. To talk about health without mentioning this lovely vegetarian-organic haven, which specializes in healthful cuisine and has recently gone a step further and ventured into raw and natural foods, is a sin against the genre.

Meshek Barzilay's kitchen is based on organic fruit and vegetables, with the accent on freshness and tasty combinations. The menu changes with the seasons, with every dish showing two main emphases: tastiness and maximum nutritional value. And although the kitchen is mostly vegan with some vegetarian, it is outstanding in its variety and originality, thanks to the fine use it puts to grains and legumes. For example, youll find a vegan Vietnamese roll, made of rice paper filled with avocado and algae in ginger sauce, garlic and soy sauce. Youll be happy to know that almost all the dishes on the menu are low-sodium because they use celery salt, herb salt and salicornia. And if youre ready for a sweet chocolate dessert thats healthy too, theyve got it, in the form of one that's made of cocoa chips with cashew butter and dates in strawberry sauce. To wash it all down, there's a dazzling array of shakes and juices, to which you can add alcohol for a (fairly) healthy and (very) tasty beverage.

Meshek Barzilay, 6 Ahad Haam St., Tel Aviv

Meshek Barzilay (David Bachar)

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In 1750, the avocado was introduced to Indonesia, in 1833 Florida, in 1908 Israel. It reached Australia in the late 1800s.

Floridas avocado industry is focused on varieties like Choquette, Hall and Lulu large, smooth-skinned fruits with juicy, sweet flesh popular among the salad eaters of the south Florida areas. Florida avocado lovers dislike the California-grown varieties like Haas. They are more oily than juicy and Haas varieties are very small relative to the Florida grown cousins.

There are many diverse ranges for growing avocados in the USA. Florida is the best growing reagion for the varieties listed below. To find out more about avocado growing ranges, refer to the avocado growing map here.

Commercially grown avocados are easy to find in stores, supermarkets and grocers. But, some of the Florida grown varieties are select and harder to find.

Here is a chart showng the different growing regions for avocados in California and Florida.

Shepard. This small avocado, an important commercial variety in Australia, has delicate smooth skin and a pointed, acorn-shaped pit embedded in rich, sticky flesh. A relative of the Hass, it has its obvious similarities in texture, but with a thicker almost gluey consistency. It was a top contender in our lineup. Season*: August through October.

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The mega trend towards organic food continuesunabated. "More and more people choose organic products and also attachgrowing importance to their origins. Because organic does not necessarilymean regional," said Siegfried Hofreiter, CEO of KTG Agrar SE SE (ISIN:DE000A0DN1J4) after the BioFach 2015 fair. "BioFach has shown that our'from field to plate' strategy is hitting a nerve. Our unique sellingproposition of being able to offer products from the field to thesupermarket shelf from a single source will now be highlighted morestrongly also in the organic segment." At the world's leading organic foodfair, Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte, a KTG subsidiary, presented its currentproduct range including the new "Hofliebe" product line. The latter offersa diverse range of products from soy oil to grains and flakes to muesligrown organically by KTG and bearing a clear seal of origin. "This uniquecombination of organic cultivation and regionality is what we callorganic+". Thanks to the high demand for GM-free soy, KTG Agrar also signedframework agreements worth EUR 12 million at the BioFach fair.On the occasion of the trade fair, Bund kologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft(BLW - association of organic food producers) again reported strong marketgrowth for 2014, when sales of organic food and drinks totalled EUR 7.91billion, 4.8% more than in 2013. According to BLW, the sales potential inEurope's largest organic market (approx. 30% market share) is far frombeing exploited in full. The limited regional supply is putting a damper ongrowth. At 2.7%, Germany's organically cultivated land again grew lessstrongly than the market as a whole. Being one of Germany's organicpioneers, KTG relies heavily on organic cultivation and can produce largequantities of organic food from the field of the plate.The scarce supply of GM-free organic soy was one of the most discussedtopics at this year's BioFach fair. Thanks to their high protein content,soybeans are popular not only as type of fodder but also as a foodstuff forhuman consumption - e.g. as a substitute for cow's milk and meat. Asconsumers reject genetically modified (GM) soy, the large producingcountries outside Europe do not qualify as suppliers. This benefits KTG,which has built up a unique market position as a producer of GM-free soyover the past years and will harvest soybeans on more than 8,000 hectaresin east Germany, Lithuania and Romania in 2015. A major portion of thesoybean harvest is processed into 100% GM-free soy oil by KTG Agrar's ownoil mill in Anklam. Going forward, the company intends to extend its valuechain in the soy segment.The above shows that the framework conditions for KTG Agrar, an organicfood pioneer and leading producer in the heart of Europe, remain excellent.For over 20 years, KTG Agrar has specialised in organic and GM-freeconventional farming. Increasingly often, the company processes its producesuch as grain, maize, soybeans, potatoes and vegetables internally. Toachieve this, KTG Agrar has invested in the extension of the value chainsince 2011 under the "from field to plate" strategy. Today, the companyprocesses 50% of its organic harvest internally. One third of the remaining50% has been sold at good prices.The positive start to the season was also highlighted by the company'ssuccessful participation in FRUIT LOGISTICA and the promising presentationof the "Die Landwirte" brand at this industry event. KTG Agrar is confidentthat it will be able to continue its growth in the food sector, withexports expected to make a bigger contribution going forward. "Havingsupplied the first products to China in 2014, we see great potential in thecountry for the coming years," said Reinhard Meiner, CEO of KTG Foods SE."Healthy nutrition is playing an increasingly important role for the fastgrowing middle class. BioFach has also shown that interest is high-qualityGerman food is growing strongly in China." 2014 saw KTG Foods almost doubleits sales revenues to EUR 100 million. This dynamic growth is to becontinued in 2015.About KTG Agrar SEWith cultivable land of approx. 45,000 hectares, KTG Agrar SE (ISIN:DE000A0DN1J4) is one of the leading producers of agricultural commoditiesin Europe. As an integrated supplier, the company produces agriculturalcommodities and renewable energy and food. The Hamburg-based company's corearea of expertise is the organic and traditional cultivation of marketproducts such as cereals, potatoes, soy and rapeseed. For organic marketproducts KTG Agrar is the European market leader. The company mainlyproduces in Germany but has also operated production in the EU member stateof Lithuania since 2005. As a result of the takeover of FrenzelTiefkhlkost and Biozentrale Naturprodukte, KTG has expanded the valuechain by the production of food since 2011. In the year 2013, KTG achieveda total output of EUR 205.3 million and EBIT of EUR 23.9 million. SinceNovember 2007 the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and had775 employees at year end 2013. 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KTG Agrar SE continues to benefit from trend towards organic and regional products

- Demand for organic products growing faster than land under organic cultivation - Deliveries of GM-free soy worth EUR 12 million agreed - New "Hofliebe" product line combines mega trends of organic cultivation and regionality - China showing great interest in food "made in Germany"

Hamburg, 23 February 2015. The mega trend towards organic food continues unabated. "More and more people choose organic products and also attach growing importance to their origins. Because organic does not necessarily mean regional," said Siegfried Hofreiter, CEO of KTG Agrar SE SE (ISIN: DE000A0DN1J4) after the BioFach 2015 fair. "BioFach has shown that our 'from field to plate' strategy is hitting a nerve. Our unique selling proposition of being able to offer products from the field to the supermarket shelf from a single source will now be highlighted more strongly also in the organic segment." At the world's leading organic food fair, Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte, a KTG subsidiary, presented its current product range including the new "Hofliebe" product line. The latter offers a diverse range of products from soy oil to grains and flakes to muesli grown organically by KTG and bearing a clear seal of origin. "This unique combination of organic cultivation and regionality is what we call organic+". Thanks to the high demand for GM-free soy, KTG Agrar also signed framework agreements worth EUR 12 million at the BioFach fair.

On the occasion of the trade fair, Bund kologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft (BLW - association of organic food producers) again reported strong market growth for 2014, when sales of organic food and drinks totalled EUR 7.91 billion, 4.8% more than in 2013. According to BLW, the sales potential in Europe's largest organic market (approx. 30% market share) is far from being exploited in full. The limited regional supply is putting a damper on growth. At 2.7%, Germany's organically cultivated land again grew less strongly than the market as a whole. Being one of Germany's organic pioneers, KTG relies heavily on organic cultivation and can produce large quantities of organic food from the field of the plate.

The scarce supply of GM-free organic soy was one of the most discussed topics at this year's BioFach fair. Thanks to their high protein content, soybeans are popular not only as type of fodder but also as a foodstuff for human consumption - e.g. as a substitute for cow's milk and meat. As consumers reject genetically modified (GM) soy, the large producing countries outside Europe do not qualify as suppliers. This benefits KTG, which has built up a unique market position as a producer of GM-free soy over the past years and will harvest soybeans on more than 8,000 hectares in east Germany, Lithuania and Romania in 2015. A major portion of the soybean harvest is processed into 100% GM-free soy oil by KTG Agrar's own oil mill in Anklam. Going forward, the company intends to extend its value chain in the soy segment.

The above shows that the framework conditions for KTG Agrar, an organic food pioneer and leading producer in the heart of Europe, remain excellent. For over 20 years, KTG Agrar has specialised in organic and GM-free conventional farming. Increasingly often, the company processes its produce such as grain, maize, soybeans, potatoes and vegetables internally. To achieve this, KTG Agrar has invested in the extension of the value chain since 2011 under the "from field to plate" strategy. Today, the company processes 50% of its organic harvest internally. One third of the remaining 50% has been sold at good prices.

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In England of the distant past, the word doom was a legal term, referring to a judgment imposing a punishment. Some etymological sources suggest it has common roots with the Sanskrit dharma, a deeply complex word that can refer to customary social duties or divine law, depending upon the religious context.

When Buddhism was brought from India to Japan via China around 1,500 years ago, dharma was translated using the character (h), a word that now means law, but which served as a religious term for much longer. Around the same time Buddhism was being introduced from the Asian mainland, so were Confucian models of law and governance set forth in ritsury (, the ancient Chinese code). The ritsu () were the rules of crime and punishment. Ry (, a character that is now usually pronounced rei) were the rules of government, such as how courtiers had to dress while in mourning for a dead emperor.

The ritsury are long gone and today h is the generic term for law, though it is typically used in combination with ritsu to form hritsu (, statutes), which is a generic term meaning law, but one that also has a more specific meaning. It refers to the statutes passed by the kokkai (, the National Diet), which, under the Constitution, is the sole law-making organ of the state. In reality, however, a lot of laws are drafted not by Diet members but by bureaucrats who tend to delegate to themselves and their ministries the authority to fill in the details with regulations that dont go through the Diet.

The term hrei () is both more technical but also broader than hritsu, encompassing statutes passed by the Diet as well as the vast pantheon of secondary legislations. A related term is hki (), which can be used in a broader sense than hrei (including the rules of local government bodies, for example), but in the field of public law it refers to rules affecting the rights and duties of the people, which, in a democracy, should only be passed by the legislature.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as of Jan. 1, 2015, Japans national government had a total of 8,079 hrei. These can be listed in a hierarchy with the nations single kenp (, constitution) at the top, followed by 1,933 hritsu.

One of these statues is special, in that it is not called a hritsu; this is the kshitsu tenpan (, Imperial House Law), which sets forth the special rules governing the Imperial family and the now-sensitive subject of succession to the throne.

The kshitsu tenpan was once co-equal to the Constitution and could not be amended by the Diet, hence its different appellation. Article 2 of the current Constitution clearly subverts the Imperial House Law to the Diets legislative power, though the difference in terminology is only apparent in the Japanese version.

Below hritsu there are some 2,079 seirei (, Cabinet orders). Under the constitution the naikaku (, Cabinet) acting as a whole may issue such orders to implement the Constitution or statutes, but may only provide for criminal penalties if authorized by statute. Although the Emperor no longer has the power to issue them, a small number (75) of chokurei (, old Imperial decrees) still remain in force, including one from 1895 declaring central standard time to be the nations official time, (though this is no longer really the case since nations now keep time based on atomic clocks).

Next come 3,648 furei () and shrei (), regulations taking the form of orders issued by the heads of individual sh (, ministries) represented in the Cabinet, or by the prime minister representing the naikakufu (, Cabinet office). There are also a small number of kakurei (, orders issued by the prime minister under the prewar constitutional system), including one issued on July 30, 1912 the day Emperor Meiji died directing how flags should be flown during periods of national mourning.

Finally there are 335 sets of kisoku (), which are rules that are issued by a national government institution that is not headed by a minister. These may include the regulations of parts of the government not represented in the Cabinet, such as the jinjiin (, National Personnel Agency), or detailed regulations created by specific bureaus or agencies of a particular ministry. Some kisoku are special because they are specifically anticipated in the constitution: the rules issued by the Supreme Court governing the details of court procedure and administration, and the rules passed by each of the Diets two chambers to govern their own affairs (though some of these administrative details are actually set forth in a statute, the Diet Act).

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