Uri Mayer-Chissick is a doctor of history of medicine and nutrition, founder and director of the “Center for Health Leadership” at Kibbutz Neve Eitan, and lectures throughout the country.
Health leadership consultant and expert in wild plant gathering and local culinary traditions.
Academic background :
Uri’s doctoral dissertation on the topic of ” Food and Balance: Nutrition in Practice, According to the Theory of Elements, Temperaments, and Transformations – in the Muslim Arab Empire from the 9th to the 16th Centuries ” deals with the history of nutritional medicine in the Middle East in the early Middle Ages, and was written under the supervision of Dr. Ephraim Lev at the University of Haifa.
In the same framework, Uri also wrote his thesis, which dealt with ” Food Preservation in the Land of Israel in Historical Perspective: Trends and Technology .”
Over the years, Dr. Uri Mayer-Chissick has taught academic courses at the University of Haifa, the Kibbutzim Seminary, Tel Aviv University, Ort Braude College, Tel-Hai College, and the University of Freiburg (Germany).
Uri wrote four books, on the topics of: Gathering Wild Plants , Local food , ancient local medicine and fermentation . On this site you can find articles written by him on natural nutrition and the history of nutrition and medicine, to read them click here .
In addition to academic research, Uri teaches various topics in natural nutrition, the history of nutrition, the politics and economics of food, the history of medicine, and healthy cooking at the Center for Health Leadership and in other settings across the country.
For the list of courses open to public registration: click here .
He serves as a member of the Central Committee for Food and Food Products Regulations at the Standards Institute of Israel and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Flour and Flour Products.
Uri’s center of activity is the ” Center for Health Leadership ,” an educational center he founded and directs in Kibbutz Neve Eitan, and deals with community health.
Lives in Neve Eitan, cooks and eats healthy, married to Tali and father of Aya and Langa.
Uri is a health leadership consultant , he advises communities and educational systems on community health and lifestyle issues. To support a community health project, write to us .
He cooks and serves gourmet meals to your home and at small events. To read more about the meals in which Uri specializes, click here .
In addition to all this, Uri is an expert in edible wild plants . He guides foraging tours, conducts cooking workshops in nature, and prepares meals from foraged plants. Uri’s book – ” Wild Plants for Food ” – was published by Mapa Publishing and can be purchased on this website .
You can read more about the collection tours led by Uri by clicking here.
To read articles and watch interviews conducted with Uri – click here
