Agricola Moderna has signed a partnership with the Infrastrutture per la Crescita-Esg fund (Fondo Ipc) managed by Azimut Libera Impresa Sgr SpA. Around two thousand square metres dedicated to vertical farming The two co-founders of Agricola Moderna read more

Consumer trends, as we know, have a significant impact on the sales of products displayed on supermarket shelves, and it is now well established that protein lines are an established trend, just look at how many new proposals on the subject arise from one day to the next. For such
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Centrale Ortofrutticola, a company specialising in the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables based at the Ortomercato di Milano, expands by opening a new packaging centre in Melzo (Milan). read more

In the third decade of June 2023, the first offers of the popular Rizamat and Kishmish Kora (Black Kishmish) grape varieties of the new crop appeared on the domestic market of Uzbekistan, at about the same time as last year, with a difference of up to one week. Accordingly, these grape varieties
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Italy is one of the biggest players in the global fruit and vegetable market. In 2022, the volume of just external trade in fruits and vegetables (fresh, dried, and frozen) in Italy totaled $11.6 bln (exports of $5.9 bln and imports of $5.7 bln). read more

VOG apples are becoming increasingly international: this year Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have joined the more than seventy-five export destinations of the Consortium, which produces 500,000 tonnes of apples a year in South Tyrol-Südtirol.
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According to the observations of specialists from the Association of Grape Producers and Exporters of the Republic of Moldova, by mid-July, the state of most table grape plantations in the country can be assessed as good or very good. If the weather in the second half of summer and during the
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Breakfast? 70% of Italians always eat it. When they do happen to skip it, it is due to lack of appetite (42%), time (39%) or habit (28%), especially the very young (between 11 and 19 years old) among the 'breakfast skippers'. According to Nielsen processing, the
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Faced with the impotence of the farmers of Picassent, the delegation of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) in the town has promoted an initiative to collect and process complaints from those affected by the damage caused by wildlife in the town. At least the
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"The deadlines demanded by the European Climate Commissioner and the European Green Deal,Frans Timmermans,on the reduction of plant protection products are unreasonable". This is how the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida spoke in a video link during the national assembly
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Ojeda has served the NMB in Orlando, FL for nearly three years as director of operations, where he oversees financial, operational and administrative functions. He has been a crucial component in organising annual board meetings and training opportunities.
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The cool weather in May and June favoured the ripening of small fruits in the Veronese area, with an abundant harvest and an excellent quality product. Slightly less satisfactory were the prices for blackberries, the harvest of which is almost at an end, while that of the
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At the end of July, Parlapiano Sicilia will begin the marketing of its summer delicacies, the Pera Coscia di Ribera and the Pescabivona IGP, typical Sicilian regional products, unique in the world for their organoleptic characteristics. Excellent forecasts for the season ahead
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Last week's article on the malpractice of selling fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram (click here to read it) - in defiance of health and hygiene regulations, commercial quality and tax legislation - generated a heated debate on our
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Seventy per cent of Italian pears are grown in Emilia-Romagna. In 1998, due to their exceptional quality, they were the first fruit to receive IGP recognition in the European Union. The Protected Geographical Indication protects producers in the vocated areas between the provinces of Reggio
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It is an unlucky season for Spanish watermelons and melons. As we wrote recently (click here to read more), the campaign has been heavily marked by the weather events of the last few months: a situation that has led to a decrease in volumes but also to prices over the
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Climate change is disrupting the countryside, where there has been a 10% cut in wheat production while the honey harvest has fallen by 70% compared to last year, but orchards are also in trouble, with cherries down 60% due to the flooding in Romagna, the
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The PNRR Steering Committee, chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the South, Cohesion Policies and the PNRR, Raffaele Fitto, met yesterday in the Sala Verde at Palazzo Chigi to take stock of the situation with all the central and territorial administrations; read more

The Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa (CGA) has asked the country’s National Disaster Management Centre to act with urgency and declare the recent floods in the Western Cape a provincial disaster. read more