What happened to Fabrizio Pattuelli when testing apricots in this summer fruit launch and which you can read about in today's IFN (click here to read the full article) made me reflect on one of the main causes of the continuing debacle in summer fruit consumption:
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Nutrition and sport play a decisive role in the wellbeing of every person and at all ages: Dole Italia - Official Healthy Food Sponsor of the Atalanta B.C. First Team - has always been attentive to a healthy lifestyle, and explores the topic in depth with the Nutritionist and the Chef of the
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A careful and participatory analysis of the damage caused by the flood that hit the fruit and vegetable sector in Emilia-Romagna was made during a meeting promoted by CSO Italy and coordinated by president Paolo Bruni with associates in the presence of the regional councillor
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On 25 May, Freshfel held its annual event in Brussels, bringing together more than 100 participants, including experts from the fruit and vegetable sector, professionals from the European Commission, members of the European Parliament and representatives of international organisations and
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The Crai Group is a member of Federdistribuzione, which for over sixty years has united and represented modern distribution companies, both food and non-food, operating in Italy. The Crai Group has 50 years of history and a path of growth and development that has led it to have today
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"For more than 15 years, the Mundialarar melon has been on the national and international market as the first European product, healthy from a phytosanitary point of view and guaranteed by the scrupulous controls systematically carried out by our agronomists," this is how he begins his speech on the current campaign
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Italia Ortofrutta Unione Nazionale is pleased to invite you to take part in the demonstration visit that will be held on Thursday 1 June 2023 at 10.00 a.m. at the Capati farm, located in Via Falerina, 319 - 01033 - Civita Castellana (VT). read more

They have travelled the road between Val di Non and the areas most affected by the floods in Emilia Romagna. Their baggage: an incalculable amount of solidarity and initiative. But they also brought with them all the materials and machinery they had in
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Renewed consumer purchasing habits, a focus on sustainability and new certifications. These are the trends that the organic sector is facing in this latest period. This was discussed last Thursday in Bologna during the 34th Assembly of the Consorzio Il Biologico
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The 2022 balance sheet of theCAAT (Centro Agro Alimentare di Torino) was unanimously approved on 23 May 2023 by the Shareholders' Meeting. It shows a net profit for the year of €89,643 compared to €81,855 in the previous year, thus improving by +10% compared to 2021. read more

The months of April and May 2023, characterised by high humidity and heavy rain, triggered a resurgence of downy mildew, as we have already highlighted in IFN (read the full article). Both in the open field and under glass, the risk to plants is increasing. In
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The damage left by the flood is not only concentrated on horticultural and fruit crops in the plains but also on the Apennines, which have been heavily damaged. As happened to the chestnut trees of the farm Il Regno del Marronedi Castel del Rio (Bologna), spread over an area
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Cesena Fiera closes with yet another positive balance sheet, which in recent days unanimously approved the 2022 financial year. Revenues exceeded 6 million euro, with numbers once again above pre-Covid levels (5.3 million), confirming
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Sitofex® is a plant growth regulator that improves fruit size and quality in several crops, particularly table grapes and kiwis. "Unfortunately, for several years now," say Alzchem, manufacturer of Sitofex®, "an increasing amount of the product
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It is now just over a week since the devastating floods hitRomagna, and the first damage to orchards can already be ascertained. The situation is dramatic," Nicola Servadei, president of the fruit-growing section of Confagricoltura, explains to IFN.
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For all fitness and wellness enthusiasts, the appointment not to be missed isRIMINIWELLNESS, the international event dedicated to sport and healthy eating, this year taking place in the Romagna city from 1 to 4 June. read more

In May, assortments and spaces dedicated to summer fruit - and among these the earliest category is the melon - begin to grow on supermarket counters, but every year supply and demand clash. In the first two weeks of May, in fact, opposite trends are noted, at the level of
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Apofruit, a cooperative of fruit and vegetable producers with more than 2,700 members throughout Italy, organised an extraordinary board meeting on 24 May, at its headquarters in Pievesestina di Cesena, to deliberate on some important actions to support its members affected
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The debate about the editorial on 'pesticides' (read more) continues - and we are very pleased about this. We get the point of view of the groupZero Residues, which expresses its considerations and urges us not to lose the focus of the topic, i.e. food safety and consumer protection.
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