The much-awaited tour of Fruit & Salad on the beach, the first and most important campaign to raise awareness of fruit and vegetable consumption on Italian beaches, promoted by the fruit and vegetable producer organisations Agritalia, AOA, Arcadia, Costieragrumi and Terra Orti, is starting again. read more

This weekend (Sunday 17 July, ed.) saw the conclusion of the world's most famous tennis tournament, and the Wimbledon final gave us the consecration of the new world tennis phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz. read more

Cucumbers go hand in hand with hot weather and, like every year, at the first heat wave the demand goes crazy, given the fresh and refreshing taste of this product; but it is not only seasonality that gives this vegetable its boost. In fact, for some years now, cucumbers have had a momentum
read more

According to a recent report by ResearchAndMarkets.com, the global vertical farming market will reach $10.3 billion by 2030, up from $3.2 billion in 2022. In fact, an annual growth rate of 15.6% is estimated, a double-digit growth rate that will bring
read more

Italy's most suitable area for the production of tomatoes, both in the greenhouse and in the field - that of Fondi - recently hosted Field Daypresented Attrio F1, a new Nunhems-branded plum tomato with characteristics in great demand on the market. Versatile,
read more

Some of the largest companies in the fresh produce industry will participate in the first Global Tropicals Congress, to be held in The Hague on 14 September to discuss the latest trends and growth strategies for fresh tropical fruit; read more

BE FRUITY! the tour that brings quality fruit and vegetables to Italian beaches with the awareness that healthy lifestyles never go on holiday, has started with a full house. The start was in Rimini at the Adriatic Village on Friday and Saturday
read more

ISTAT estimates that, in June 2023, the national consumer price index for the entire collectivity (NIC), gross of tobacco products, recorded a zero change on a monthly basis and an increase of 6.4% on an annual basis, from +7.6% in the previous month, confirming the preliminary estimate. In
read more

Warm weather favours the sale of summer fruit, especially melons and watermelons, for which positive price trends continue. Apricot prices are on the rise as supply appears to be more limited. For peaches and nectarines, the situation is stationary; read more

Warm weather favours the sale of summer fruit, especially melons and watermelons, for which positive price trends continue. Apricot prices are on the rise as supply appears to be more limited. For peaches and nectarines, the situation is stationary; read more

This year, the minimum reference price for marketing Prima Qualità potatoes from Emilia-Romagna will be 50 cents per kilo. read more

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds has long focused its EAME research and development activities on the iceberg salad segment, a stable and consolidated market for Italy and also particularly interesting for its dual consumption destination: I and IV Gamma. By
read more

We will never tire of repeating it: finding a different key is often what makes the difference between success and mediocrity. And this is what companies in our sector must do, identifying their strengths and making the most of them. For example, the Op Agricola
read more

Italy's most suitable area for the production of tomatoes, both in the greenhouse and in the field - that of Fondi - recently hosted Field Daypresented Attrio F1, a new Nunhems-branded plum tomato with characteristics in great demand on the market. Versatile,
read more

ISTAT estimates that, in June 2023, the national consumer price index for the entire collectivity (NIC), gross of tobacco products, recorded a zero change on a monthly basis and an increase of 6.4% on an annual basis, from +7.6% in the previous month, confirming the preliminary estimate. In
read more

Babaco Market and Biova Projecthave joined forces by launching a circular economy project against food waste that has led to the birth of Biova Lemon, a German-inspired 'blonde' with a fresh twist given by the juice of 'rescued' lemons, squeezed by hand and blended
read more

In the first four months of the year, the trade balance of Italian fruit and vegetables showed clear growth compared to 2022, both in value (+58%), and especially in volume (+134%), as shown by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor analysis of Istat import-export data
read more

Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) is once again threatening pome fruit growers in northern Italy, as evidenced by the various reports we have received from the production world, confirming that a dangerous resurgence of the pathogen, which in the mid-1990s
read more

Agricola Campidanese's Gavina watermelon campaign has begun (click here for more information). read more

We are in the midst of the summer campaign and, by now, all the key references of the season have made their debut; these last few months have presented us with the bill for climate change; in fact, we have witnessed catastrophic events that have brought certain sectors of the
read more