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Buoyed by falling euro quotations against the dollar, with a +19 percent jump Italian food exports achieve yet another historic record. More than a third of the value of the Italian F&B system is realized outside the borders of the European Union. This is according to an analysis by the Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti on the effects of the...

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As we all know: the Italian-based diet, especially the vegetables that are popular in Italian cuisine, are easy on the palate and easy to grow.  Yes, it’s safe to say Mediterranean vegetables are among the healthiest around. Here are a few facts you may not have known: Spinach You can grow the spinach indoors, that is the easiest way. This superfoo...

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On a warm April day, with poplar pollen cruising through the air like snowflakes in midwinter, Graziella Traini welcomed me to her farm in Montedinove, in the heart of Marche, a hilly region half the size of Tuscany, in central Italy. All around, towns and farmhouses stood on hilltops like meerkats scanning the horizon; as far as I could see, man-m...

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Italian producers won the highest number of awards for the sixth consecutive year at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition. At the 2022 edition of the world’s largest olive oil quality competition, producers from Italy earned 158 Gold and Silver Awards. Spain came in second with 128 awards. However, this year’s tally represented a significant drop...

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Italy boasts a unique and unrepeatable heritage of biodiversity. More than 3 million hectares, or about 10.5 percent of the national surface area, are protected in Italy today, and this system complements the Natura 2000 Network, which covers a total area of about 6 million hectares, 19.3 percent of the national territory. About 21% of Italy's agri...

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If this sounds familiar, jump ahead to para- graph two. As recently as the start of this century, a southern Italian region had a dubious reputation for producing massive quantities of bulk wine, most of it used else- where as highly alcoholic juice for blending. Very little was bottled or considered as anything more than unremarkable table wine. C...

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Travelers to Italy in search of an authentic local experience that can also do good to the country’s small farmers now have an opportunity to do so. Italy’s ‘Most Beautiful Villages’ Association has teamed up with Coltivatori di Emozioni, the first “social farming” platform in Italy, to offer immersive experiences in beautiful villages with small,...

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The aim of this first report on 'Young People in Agriculture' is to examine the role of the new generations in the agricultural sector through an analysis based on primary and secondary statistical sources. The in-depth study distills the Italian reference framework by comparing it with that of its main European competitors. The data highlight the...

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An Italian olive oil company is taking its first steps into the U.S. market with a distribution site at Brunswick Landing. Italian natives Julia Franchi Scarselli and her father Camillo Franchi Scarselli learned that local farmers were being forced to abandon their olive groves because of the financial hardships and unpredictability in climate cond...

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Juicy, sweet, and tangy, oranges are, along with lemons, a symbol of the bountiful land our South is. Their colors are those of light and the sun, their scent reminds us of fresh, crisp mornings. When burned on the fire, their fragrant peels spell one word in our hearts: Christmas.  Sicily is Italy’s largest producer of oranges, with about 1.6 mill...

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