Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new packaging plant of Centrale Ortofrutticola, a major player in the wholesale trade operating at Milan's Ortomercato. The Melzo facility, which has already been in operation for a few weeks, was officially inaugurated on 12 September.
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Summer is not over yet at the wholesale market in Bergamo, where we met Federico Fapanni, salesman at Ortobergamo, who gave us an overview of the most prominent fruits these days; read more

By now, the term shrinkflation is no longer new in our lexicon. Instead, it is an entirely new move that Carrefour France has taken to denounce the shrinkflation of products in the face of a
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Just a few months after its launch, the DimmidiSì Fresh Risotto line is enriched with a new recipe: Risotto with Red Radicchio and Walnuts. Driven by the excellent market response, La Linea Verde, always attentive to emerging food trends, continues to invest in a
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A very unusual legume: tiny, irregular, at once ancient and contemporary. We are talking about the moco delle valli della Bormida, a variety of chickling vetch that until a few years ago almost disappeared, then rediscovered and now a Slow Food Presidium. A long history, that
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The first half of the year is stingy with satisfaction for the Italian trade balance, which is increasingly in the red in volume, where we lose another 20 percentage points from one year to the next, while in value the balance is still positive (+ 86 million) but has shrunk by almost 30% compared to 2022. read more

Proprietary Variety Management (PVM) - a global intellectual property and commercialisation company for new fruit varieties - announced that it has been granted a licence to manage the Celina cv pear in the US, in partnership with Fruithandel Wouters and ABCz
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Val di Non is getting ready for one of its best-loved events: Pomaria, the festival dedicated to the D.O.P. apple harvest and local and Trentino food and wine excellence, scheduled for 13-14-15 October 2023 in the village of Cles, the capital of Val di Non. read more

Agri-voltaics are becoming increasingly popular in Italy, because the benefits for farms are tangible and are not just limited to agricultural production. IFN has explored the subject in depth with Grenergy Rinnovabili Italia, the Italian subsidiary of the Grenergy Renovables group, which is
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September is the month in which we start again: school begins, sports activities resume and we return to the commitments of the daily routine. F.lli Orsero presents, for the occasion, a special edition dedicated to bananas, the perfect snack to fill up with energy and tackle
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The new Council of the National Order of Agronomists and Foresters (CONAF) took office yesterday at the Ministry of Justice and, at the same time, elected its national president. The Bureau, a body that coordinates the preparatory activities and
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From the desire and the wish to spend more time in the midst of nature and its fruits, the Bosco di Ogigia was born, a project of Francesca Della Giovampaola, a former Tuscan television journalist who, driven by the desire to rediscover the taste of freshly picked fruit and vegetables, has created
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The year 2023 ranks third in Italy so far among the hottest years since 1800 with a temperature 0.65 degrees higher than the historical average since the surveys began in 1800. These are the findings of Coldiretti's analysis of Isac Cnrnel data for the first eight months of 2023.
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With more than 90 thousand tonnes of marketed products including fresh, frozen and seed potatoes Pizzoli S.p.A. is the reference player in the potato production and marketing sector in Italy and one of the main players abroad. In its first report, the company photographs the
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The new Italian pumpkin season has started a few weeks late and, from initial estimates, is expected to be less available than in 2022, due to the adverse weather events that have hit our peninsula; read more

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC) has signed a partnership with the National Grocers Association, the association that brings together independent American supermarkets, to bring the excellence of Italian agri-food products to independent supermarkets in the United States
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Aldi has announced its new investment plan in the UK. And, as reported by foodretail.es, the retailer confirmed that it wants to reach 1,200 shops across the country by 2025. The retailer's intention was also officially expressed by the managing director
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For months, we have been dealing with the invasion of the blue crab, which, due to its voracity, is wreaking havoc on fish farms in the Mediterranean Sea. In Italy, unfortunately, we now have to deal with another alien species, considered among the most invasive in the world: the
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At least two weeks later than in previous two-year periods due to the weather, the Bronte DOP pistachio harvest has begun. A harvest that can be defined as a social phenomenon because most of the people of Bronte move to their country houses and stay there until work
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Innovation in greenhouse cultivation continues to move towards saving time and using less labour. And the solutions proposed by Sia Sicilia Group, a company based in Vittoria (Ragusa), fully respond to these market demands. With managing director Alessandro Avarino we have identified
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