Christmas Village Bologna opens at Fico
2023-10-31 00:00
Awaiting the re-launch of Fico with the opening of Gran Tour Italia, scheduled for next spring, Farinetti entrusts the CELS Group, a leading company in the world for unique and spectacular sets and events, with the creation of a 10,000 square metre Christmas theme park. A rich programme
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Citrus fruits in the spotlight
2023-10-31 00:00
The focus is on citrus fruit: oranges and clementines are selling at high prices. Quotations in general remain high, a trend that is particularly noticeable for pears, plums and grapes;
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Agri-food foreign trade, record values in 2022
2023-10-31 00:00
The year 2022 marks a new record for Italy's agri-food trade, both for imports, which reach a record value of almost 63 billion euro (+29.3%), and for exports, which after having exceeded 50 billion euro in 2021, in the last year are approaching the threshold of 60
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The Kissabel apple hits the market and makes a clean sweep
2023-10-31 00:00
Kissabels are one of the most popular fruits on the Italian markets - thanks to the deep red colour of their flesh, their crunchiness and unique taste - and their arrival this season is a real success.
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Following a tomato processing campaign characterised by a late start, due to adverse weather conditions in May and June, and an unprecedented increase in the price of tomatoes, which touched €150 per
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Chiquita explores new disease-resistant banana varieties
2023-10-31 00:00
Chiquita presents the innovative Yelloway projectin collaboration with KeyGene, MusaRadix and Wageningen University and Research (WUR) with the aim of producing bananas that are resistant to both pathogenic diseases, in particular Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black Sigatoka, and to
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Bennet focuses on fresh produce for shops in Montano Lucino, Ciriè and San Martino in Strada
2023-10-30 00:00
With the renovation of theipermarkets in Ciriè in the province of Turin, San Martino in Strada in the province of Lodi and Montano Lucino in the province of Como, Bennet is committed to satisfying an increasingly demanding clientele that is attentive not only to the quality and convenience of the products it
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Despite the encouraging signs of openness shown by the Agriculture Commission in July, the Environment Commission of the European Parliament not only approved the proposal for a regulation on the reduction of packaging waste, effectively banning the use of single-use packaging for
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Conserve Italia, 86.6 million euro investment plan
2023-10-30 00:00
An 86.6 million euro investment plan involving 7 Italian plants of the Group plus the headquarters, with the possibility of intercepting funds from the PNRR and other state allocations, as well as a significant use of own resources. A plan built on a number of strategic assets:
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Salvo Laudani, marketing manager of Oranfrizer Unifrutti Europe will speak today at 6pm at Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 61 Milan, during the conference dedicated to generativity.
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Clementines, many bad varieties in circulation, distorting prices
2023-10-30 00:00
The Calabrian clementine season, although slow, is about to get into full swing; the productions of the Piana di Sibari are grappling with an abnormally hot weather that has recorded daytime peaks of 35 degrees and at night the temperature has not dropped below 20 degrees;
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Finger lime, from Australia to Calabria
2023-10-30 00:00
The cultivation of finger lime, an exotic citrus fruit native to eastern Australia, is also becoming increasingly popular in the south of our country, where a number of businesses cultivate the fruit and also promote it on social media. This is how we met Vincenzo Mazzaferro who, in his business,
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Manpower, how to schedule it
2023-10-30 00:00
The availability of labour has always been a question mark for Italian fruit and vegetable companies, and the greatest difficulties lie in the search for and subsequent distribution of labour. If every year employers have to deal with
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Greening, the point of the Distretto Agrumi di Sicilia
2023-10-30 00:00
Last Friday, at the Aula Magna Di3A of the University of Catania, the Distretto Produttivo Agrumi di Sicilia co-ordinated a conference of fundamental importance for the preservation of citrus fruit growing;
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CartonPack S.p.A. presents the new Top Seal resealable films
2023-10-30 00:00
CartonPack S.p.A.'s path towards sustainability and innovation continues with an important development: the Top Seal fruit and vegetable packaging, which has already been enthusiastically marketed throughout Europe.
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Orange juice, historic record at $4
2023-10-30 00:00
Orange juice futures prices hit a new all-time high of $4 a pound on 27 October, Il Corriere della Sera reported. The run-up in stocks of the raw material of one of the most widely consumed beverages in the US is almost 400% since October of
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D.IT in the 6 years since its inception has consolidated a high reputation and solid business credibility. The common denominator of the meeting held on 26 October was the need to overcome a causal approach and the need for a clear corporate vision
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Brand, 20% more area for 2024 edition
2023-10-30 00:00
After the success of 2023, the 20th edition ofMarca by BolognaFiere, scheduled to take place on 16 and 17 January 2024, is preparing to be the largest ever: 7 pavilions will be occupied by the many companies that will occupy the 25,000 net square metres of floor space
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Bipedal robots, Amazon's new bet
2023-10-30 00:00
It identifies, grasps and transports objects as if it were a human, but instead it is a robot. We are talking about Digit, the latest digital 'creature' made by the company Agility Robotics on behalf of Amazon.
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Destination apple paradise ...
2023-10-30 00:00
Over the years, I have visited and studied several orchards, so it is difficult now to find one that surprises me, but when a few days ago I entered the apple orchard of the envy™ variety, cultivated by Thomas Oberhofer, President of VIP - the Association of Cooperatives
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