Last nights' frost has compromised production in 2023. This was pointed out by Paolo Lavagnini from San Benedetto, an official of the Eastern Lombardy Cia in Mantua, who collected numerous reports from member companies; read more

The year 2023 did not start under the best auspices for the fruit and vegetable department in the Italian large-scale retail trade. In the first quarter, value sales are positive, but the result is mainly the result of inflationary effects, while quantities are struggling to reach 2022 levels.
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The AOP CIO, an Association of Producers' Organisations based inParma, of which AINPO, Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro and Consorzio Agrario di Cremona are members, presented the TomatER research project to the Emilia-Romagna Region to improve the environmental sustainability of the
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The 2022 Italian table grape campaign will be remembered as 'Annus horribilis', even producers with more seasons behind them have described it as 'one of the worst marketing campaigns ever'; read more

It is not even mid-April, the temperatures remind us of February, but Italian apricots are already beginning to peep into the market in Rome. For a few years now, in fact, a small producer in Marsala, who grows the product in a greenhouse and beats everyone in time, harvesting apricots
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The inauguration ceremony of the 216th Academic Year of the National Academy of Agriculture will take place on Monday 17 April, from 4 to 6.30 p.m., in the Sala dello Stabat Mater of the Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio in Bologna (Piazza Galvani 1, Bologna). The ceremony will be opened by the
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In an increasingly attentive and demanding market regarding the quality and wholesomeness of products, the transparency of the supply chain and the guarantee of clear certifications covering the entire production cycle, Agricola Lusia works tirelessly to offer an increasingly complete and
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A 92-year-old 'young woman' named Sybil Gorby has been planting the same 'lineage' of seeds in her garden in Tyler County, West Virginia, for more than 58 years. She planted the first seed in 1965. To hear her tell it, her tomatoes have a unique, 'particularly sweet' taste, but what
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Seedless watermelons, melons and premium range tomatoes are the target of variety research by the Ragusa-based company MedHermes, developed through the Best Melon and Tomato Cult projects. read more

A few days ago in the province of Saluzzo (Cuneo) the Fruit Food District was born, bringing together 45 municipalities. read more

Speaking of the opportunities of agri-voltaics, until now only the benefits for crops when placed underneath solar panel support structures had been highlighted (for more on this click here). Whether we are talking about grasses or horticulture
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More than 22 million investments, eight thousand square metres of new surface area to expand the cooperative's logistical and production capacity: these are the figures for the expansion of Cooperativa Agricola Cesenate (Cac) that were presented this morning to the councillor
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It may be the tentative start to the first quarter, it may be the climate of uncertainty that characterises the current fruit and vegetable market, it may be the increasingly decisive impact of climate change on the progress of the commercial campaigns for the various products, it may be the often
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PROTOFANOUSI FRUIT SA, better known as PROTO, is a historical leader in Greece and throughout Europe with the record for the largest European production of kiwifruit, which this year has chosen the duoICOEL- TOMRA to renew its production line. read more

With just over 370,000 tonnes produced in 2021, Italy is the leading artichoke-producing country in the world, with Apulia and Sicily together accounting for three quarters of national production. In Apulia, turnover from the cynariculture sector is worth over 190 million euro,
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From 13 April 2023at 10 a.m., the people of the web will decide the winners of the special prize of the 10th edition of Cinefrutta, the festival for short films on good food promoted by the producer organisationsAssoFruit Italia, AOA and Terra Orti and created with the
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Haste is not a friend of healthy eating. read more

When you are certain of the goodness of your products, you want to put your face to it. It is from this awareness that Agribologna's 'Questo l'ho fatto io' brand was born. Launched in 2017, it now has29 members from seven regions producing 51 different references, but the count is growing by
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Figures released by Istat for retail sales in February show a trend increase in value of +5.8%, which corresponds to a drop in volume of -3.5%; read more

Last week, temperatures dropped to 3 degrees below zero in the French department of Haute-Vienne. For grower Loic Kammer, the nights were spent monitoring the probes that measure the temperature in the orchard in real time. "Temperatures dropped as low as -3°.
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