The present and future of strawberry farming were discussed yesterday in the Nova Siri Genetics workshop 'Strawberry: sustainable varietal innovation as a factor in the development of production and consumption' held at the San Vincenzo Hotel in Policoro and continuing today with an Open Day
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For the beginning of next week, difficult nights are in store for Italian fruit growers, especially those located in northern Italy, as a sharp drop in temperature is expected, which will bring the mercury columns to indicate values around 0°C. On the disturbance front,
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Coldiretti, Confagricoltura, Cia, Copagri and the Consorzio di Bonifica Veroneselanciano the alarm: 'As of today, it is not possible to guarantee the opening of the new irrigation season,' which would be scheduled for Saturday 15 April. read more

If dates experience sales peaks during Ramadan, as well as during the Christmas holidays, companies marketing dried and dehydrated fruit have realised that it is essential to be on the shelves for 12 months of the year. Among these is certainly
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The new season of Cosmic Crisp® has begun, with the South Tyrolean consortia VOG and VIP engaged in marketing in Italy, Spain, Germany and other European countries. Thanks to the entry into production of the new plants, the heavenly apple arrives on international markets
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An endangered national park, 'thirsty' farms and the Spanish right wing doing everything to make water theft legal. This is the picture that is emerging in Andalusia, and which has prompted Brussels to threaten Spain with dragging it into court. Hard to say who the
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Festive days for Pam Panorama for the inauguration of the new Pam supermarket in Via di Corticella, 101 in Bologna. With this new opening, the historic brand of large-scale distribution, close to its 65th anniversary, confirms its desire to invest in the capital of Emilia by launching the
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Valerian, Chamomile, Lemon Balm, Hypericum... the list of Medicinal herbs is definitely long; read more

Full and convinced support for the recognition of the Protected Geographical Indication of the Naples Peeled Tomato, whose approval process, after publication in the Official Gazette, is awaiting the final step: Community registration. A path that, once completed,
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The Annual General Meeting of member companies met yesterday and appointed Carlo Alberto Buttarelli as the new President of Federdistribuzione. President Buttarelli, in office since yesterday, succeeds Alberto Frausin, to whom the thanks of the associates go for the role played over the years
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A new opening for Banco Fresco, the food retail chain specialising in fresh produce, which has chosen Garbagnate Milanese to continue its growth in Lombardy. The shop in Via Leonardo da Vinci, inaugurated yesterday in the presence of Mayor Davide Barletta, is the sixth store
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The African melons are making their way into the Italian markets, indeed they have taken the stage and are enjoying their moment, which, as the impressions of the operators show, is more than positive.The temperatures that, for a few days, have given us a taste of full spring are urging
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In order to bring to consumers' tables a product that is adequate in terms of healthiness and sustainability, careful and meticulous defence in the countryside cannot be ignored, especially against those diseases, such as Monilia in stone fruit, that can cause the classic post-harvest rot,
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An indistinct noise, heard in the middle of the night, probably one of the many that come from the countryside. But no: what the parents of a farmer from Quistello, in the province of Mantua, heard was something much worse. In the farm shed in Via Donismondi, in the night
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Esselungaarchives another year of growth, ending 2022 with revenues up 3.2% to 8.83 billion, with an acceleration in the second half of the year indicating +6.7%; read more

'Amazing result, we are at the end of a season that is drawing to a close,' says Salvatore Daino, President of the Consorzio di Tutela Arancia di Ribera D.O.P; read more

The debut of the Emilian event confirms the fair enthusiasm rediscovered after the pandemic period. The first day got off to a fast start, and already from the first rows at the entrance the excitement of getting into the heart of the food world was evident... where fruit and vegetables did not shy away. The
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Times are running and besides talking about changing opening hours, wholesale markets also have to deal with online. Who said, in fact, that food centres have to be only physical? The turning point comes from Spain, where it was decided to create an
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International Blueberry Days will open with a preview at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona on Tuesday 2 May. It is called Blueberry School, a full day reserved for young researchers and technicians on the main scientific topics of the blueberry: genetics, nursery,
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Packaging is becoming increasingly important for the presentation of a product, which is why nothing should be left to chance, not even the choice of packaging machine. read more