Zerbinati, Italy's leading producer of ready-to-eat salads and fresh vegetables, is launching a new line of ready meals "Gusto&Equilibro, Il mio piatto unico" atMarca 2024; read more

News in Alta Val di Susa: from tomorrow, the supermarket inside the 'Iper Le Baite' shopping centre in Oulx will become part of the Conad world. The shop, following a very short period of renovation, reopens under the Conad sign, redesigned in its layout and offering
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Romagnoli F.lli Spa, one of the most important players in the Italian market for the processing and marketing of fruit and vegetables, will be present atMarca Fresh 2024 (Hall 29 Stand E71), Marca by BolognaFiere's format dedicated to fruit and vegetables, to present its latest innovations
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In Spain, areas dedicated to raspberry production are collapsing. According to data provided by the Freshuelva association, for Spain's main small fruit-producing province - and reported by the east-fruit.com newspaper - for the coming season the areas could
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Beyond expectations were the results of the second step of 'Presidiamo la Puglia', illustrated on 20 December in Bari, in the conference room of the Apulia Region's Agriculture Department. Seven new Presidia representing Puglia, from north to south. The project is aimed at
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We have long wondered about the trend in apple growing in the lowlands and what the prospects are for the sector in the long term. To give you an up-to-date picture of the situation, we spoke to Enrico Zignani, apple category of Apofruit, one of Italy's largest cooperatives
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Marcavetrina trade fair for the MDD and Packaged Fruit and Vegetables sector will also see the presence of Noberascho has always played the role of category captain in the large-scale distribution scenario; read more

Last 8 November we published in IFN the first part of the analysis on the development of International Investment Funds in the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector (click here to read more), leaving open some issues that will be analysed in this second instalment; read more

The melon campaign is starting to be planned, and of courseHM.Clause, one of the historical leaders in the sector, offers varieties suitable for all areas, from north to south, focusing on fruit genetics, the seed company's strong point. For 2024, after three years of sampling in
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Among the companies that believe in the circular economy and seek to breathe new life into food waste is Fooditive, a Dutch company based in Rotterdam, which exploits circularity to produce a natural sweetener from apples, pears and other fruit and vegetables. Its
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An important opportunity for discussion, with the focus not only on the challenges of the fruit and wine sector but also on the ability of the production world to grow and look to the future, to react in the face of difficulties such as those that hit Romagna last May, to innovate and
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In Emilia Romagna, the pear 'machine' will have to start up again in a few weeks' time. Even if the necessary precautions are taken to avoid a recurrence of frost, the question remains for many producers of what to do for the future. There are no certain data yet but, according to
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The continuous enhancement of producers and the territory is one of the fundamental pillars on which the Agribologna Consortium is based, which gives voice to its members and celebrates them as true specialists of the land. Terri Bertaggia, from the farm of the same name in
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For the Doggy Bag (the bag with the food leftovers, ed.) there is now a proposal for a law: it is to be made compulsory for shopkeepers towards all customers who request it. read more

The first part of the year coincides with the post-holiday period and is usually the time when the bitter root, a product with great detoxifying and depurative power, reaches the peak of consumption, especially in northern Italy. Giuseppe Cazzoletti (pictured top)
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After an autumn with some hope of recovery, the end of the year and the beginning of winter do not start off on the right foot for the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade. Volumes fell in December, albeit slightly, and inflation skyrocketed, after a period of calm, thanks to the
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Coldiretti: what the fruit and vegetable sector is at risk from the crisis in the Middle East read more

There are young and dynamic realities that prove that innovation in dried fruit is still possible, such as Makadamia, an online 'boutique' founded in 2021 by a team of young people under 30 with the aim of offering the market mixes of dried, dehydrated and other fruits.
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"We are very satisfied with the great attention to periculture that Minister Francesco Lollobrigida expressed during question time in the Chamber of Deputies, in response to the question by MP Davide Bergami, whom I thank for once again supporting the demands of such a sector.
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Tina Stoklosa and Simon Beun, two young people who love travelling and nature, are famous in the social media world for always looking for new fruits to taste and show off to their community, which on Instagram has more than 1.2 million followers; read more