67% of Italians are attentive to the issue of food waste, while the proportion of those who do not care continues to fall and stands at 33%. This figure emerges from a survey commissioned from BVA-Doxa by Babaco Market. read more

Dole Italia's product range grows: after bringing organic pineapple to the Italian market, the brand now presents vertically packed Ananas Golden Selection Extra. The rich range of offerings for the Italian market is expanded read more

With I sapori di campagna a ritmo di città Cortilia launched its new outdoor campaign in Milan (until 30 January ) on more than three hundred shelters and with two maxi-billboards. Service and quality Cortilia outdoor campaign in Milan read more

Child labour, gender rights and decent income, environmental risks related to climate change, water and biodiversity. Fairtradepicts a new Map of Human and Environmental Risks in the supply chains where it works, coffee, cocoa, bananas, grapes and honey. At
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More than 40 fruit and vegetable companies will be present at Fruit Logistica in the Italy Collective coordinated by Cso Italy with the support of Fruitimprese and Italia Ortofrutta. They will occupy, with the Italy area, The Beauty of Quality, most of Hall 2.2, on a total of about 1,100 square metres.
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AgriEuro is a success story. It is the story of the Settimi family who in the 1970s opened a retail shop in Spoleto for the sale of agricultural and gardening machinery. And in 2008 it became a company with online sales as well. Today it distributes, via ecommerce only, throughout the
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The Consorzio Cipolla Bianca Margherita Igp is aiming for greater sustainability and product volumes thanks to digital farming tools, such as rain, humidity and soil condition detection. Production companies this year will acquire (by purchasing
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For the second year at Marca Fresh, the space reserved for the fresh sector at the Bologna fair, the Great Italian Beauty. Under the slogan Coltiviamo Passioni (Let's Cultivate Passions), the business network brings together six historical production realities of the national fruit and vegetable scene (Odorizzi, Coofrutta, Op
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As in the well-known film by Giuseppe Tornatore, Enrico Bartolini is the Man of Stars: 12 Michelin awards among all his restaurants, of which three have been won by the restaurant that bears his name at Mudec in Milan, and which will soon be stocked with a vegetable garden under construction
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Freezing temperatures drive demand for cauliflowers and artichokes. Tarocco oranges finally have more pigmentation; the first Washington Navel and Moro oranges arrived on the market. The campaign for common clementines and Havana mandarins has closed, making way for cultivars
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Plant-based meets light: the new Garden Gourmet 99 kcal range hits the shelves. read more

The Spesa facile format was launched five years ago by Cia-Conad to provide consumers with an every day low price proposition. "It is a sign that responds directly and very effectively to the need for convenience," explains Cia-Conad's network service director,
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Bimi broccoli is not a total novelty for the Italian market, as we have seen several times in recent years, but until now, after announcements and a short marketing period, it has always disappeared from the radar. Bimi is the 100% edible broccoli developed by the seed company Sakataè
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A slight drop in production is physiological at this time of year for reasons related to the production cycle and low temperatures: such as for broccoli, whose volumes are beginning to decline. However, the Centro Agroalimentare Roma observatory notes that the wave of
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Monitor the characteristics of the product, such as type, harvest location, growing conditions, right from the start. As many as 1.5 billion berries were serialised in their boxes directly in the field. The solution was successfully adopted by Antares Vision
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Natural Misting is the company that was the first in Italy to install misting and humidification systems for fresh produce: low, high pressure and ultimately ultrasonic technologies. And it is doing this in several points of sale of retail chains, including the
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The yellow kiwi fruit, which Zespri is renaming SunGold, with a reference to the sun and gold, the colours of its flesh, is harvested particularly in Lazio, in the province of Latina. Yes, because this variety of kiwi has been growing alongside the green-fleshed variety for a few years now and is enjoying an
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It is important to include legumes in the diet of the youngest children. Alce Nero offers the new Omogeneizzato of lentils, carrots and pumpkin: organic, vegetable and Italian. The product is part of the Alce Nero Baby Line, the organic range dedicated to children from 0 to 3 years and their specific
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Consumers are not prepared to pay more for sustainable packaging and are not saving on fruit and vegetable purchases. These are some of the most interesting elements that emerged from the inaugural conference at Marca Fresh 2023 organised by Sgmarketing (The fruit and vegetable department, the challenges of
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How to valorise a product that embraces the values of convenience, but which also needs innovation (especially in terms of variety, but also in terms of intended use, and the health aspect should be addressed) in order to breathe new life into consumption in the category. At Marca Freshwas held the
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