He is a Serie A footballer but, in his spare time, he enjoys working on his family's farm, the 'Baschirotto Farm'. We are talking about Federico Baschirotto (first on the left in the opening photo), class of 1996, a Lecce defender who was interviewed in the last few days
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The list of nominees (click here to read more) for this year's edition of the highly acclaimed FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award (FLIA) has been published by the leading trade fair for the global fresh fruit and vegetable industry. The winners of the annual awards for
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We start the year with the usual surveys of large-scale retail shops, and this week we visited the Interspar shop in Parma, a 2,500 m2 shop that has been open for seven years. The structure is beautiful and modern, very bright, with the fruit and vegetable department located in
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We do not yet know whether there will be a boom in cashierless supermarkets this year. Although the assumptions seem to be there, as Esselunga and Pam Panorama have also announced investments in this direction; read more

The Consorzio di tutela del Radicchio Rosso di Treviso IGP (Consortium for the Protection of Red Radicchio from Treviso PGI) does not agree. When asked to let a group of American producers visit their farms, they responded in unison in the negative; read more

Inflation does not only frighten consumers but also retail chains, which is why some retail chains in France are taking action in an attempt to curb the excessive price increases practised by some big names in the food sector, as reported by Il Sole
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The crowning achievement of intensive research by Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is Redix, the new prismatic variety that stands out for production and quality. It is a medium early to medium early transplanting tomato that stands out on the market
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In France, declaring weight reduction on packaging is about to become law. According to the online magazine foodretail.es, the French government has in fact sent a proposal to the European Commission to make it compulsory to declare the reduction in weight on packaging.
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The strawberries and small fruits of Huelva (Spain) are endangered due to severe irrigation shortages in the area; read more

According to preliminary ISTAT estimates, in December 2023 the national consumer price index for the entire community (NIC), before tobacco, rose by 0.2% on a monthly basis and by 0.6% on an annual basis (from +0.7% in the previous month); read more

With no regrets we leave behind us a 2023 full of difficulties; inflation, adverse weather and war, in fact, are the key events that have stolen the scene as benchmarks for the year just ended. Unfortunately, while things are somewhat improving for inflation in
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The value of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports grew by 5 per cent compared to 2022: according to Fepex, it will reach between EUR 16.6 and 16.8 billion in 2023, despite the fact that weather events have not been on the sector's side. But in terms of volume there
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With 2023 behind us, we are ready to face the new year by being a witness again to this lively but equally complicated industry. Telling every day what is happening and skimming the most relevant information is not easy but it is our mission. That is why we want to
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A vibrant start to the year for Levantia Seed. The company, based in the province of Rovigo in the heart of the Po Delta Park, opens up to the world of melons with a great novelty: the Midori variety, whose name recalls the typically exotic summer drink.Midori is a smooth melon variety,
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Parlapiano Sicilia is continuing its work to promote oranges of excellence, typical of the southern part of the island, with a view to acquiring new market space. We are referring to the Paradiso Vanilla oranges, whose campaign is getting into full swing right now. read more

In 2023, Italians spent about 9 billion more to eat less and, due to high prices, had to cut back on the quantities they bought. This is what Coldiretti estimates on the basis of Istat data on inflation compared to the previous year. These are the effects of the increase in
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The strawberry cultivars of Nova Siri Genetics (NSG), an Italian genetic improvement company in the berries sector, continue their rise in production areas characterised by a Mediterranean climate. In particular, in the southern Italian regions, where the
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The Christmas week shows apparently exciting figures for Lcc fruit and vegetables, however the calendar effect, with one extra day of sales in 2023 compared to 2022, distorts the results, which we estimate would be down, at least in volume. We also report a performance
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A successful Christmas for Basilicata's strawberries, thanks to positive feedback from the market. The season started a few weeks early due to temperatures above the seasonal average, but there were no repercussions on quality and volumes are in line
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Emerging from a difficult and at times dramatic year - from the new Israeli-Palestinian war scenario, to climate catastrophes to the concrete loss of purchasing power - Italians face with a steadfast imperturbability the brink of a 2024 in which between uncertain rounds
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