Emilia-Romagna is in Houston, Texas, to open a new bridge to the United States, where the region's exports have registered +74.6 percent in the last three years and a positive trade balance between exports and imports of more than 9 billion euros.In the great city of Texas - a state that if it were a nation would represent the ninth largest economy...

In the 1950s, in Rai’s first food and wine reportage, the master of Italian food and wine journalism Mario Soldati in his unforgettable “Viaggio nella valle del Po”, in search of genuine food among the people, customs, products, recipes and rituals of a rural Italy rich in culinary traditions, recounted Lambrusco, with its popular and poetic narrat...

The geographical diversity of North Italy is its most outstanding feature. It has a sun-drenched Riviera and Adriatic coastal areas contrasting with Alpine Alps and glacial lakes. Many local delicacies and cultural gems are there in the towns. Italy Northern cities include some of the country’s wealthiest counties and are a top location for premium...

The climate crisis is also being felt in the red canning industry. In 2022, a total of 37,024 hectares were cultivated with processing tomatoes in the Northern Italian regions. This figure is down 4% from last year, especially in the western Emilia-Romagna provinces, but remains higher than the average area cultivated over the last five years. Lead...

The two charcuterie districts of Parma and Reggio Emilia are doing well: data from Agribusiness Intesa Sanpaolo show that both recorded export growth of about 2.5% in 2020, followed by a double-digit increase in 2021 (+15.5% and +17.7% , respectively), which continued into the first nine months of 2022 (+8.3% and +20.6%). BIG SCORE FOR CULATELLO DI...

In 2022, on the domestic market, rising costs and feed supply difficulties led farmers to slowdown production. According to Ismea data, after two years of strong increases (+4.5% in 2020 and +3.3% in 2021), milk deliveries in the January-July 2022 period have recorded a real setback (+0.1% compared to the same fraction last year). Amid this scenari...

Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the oldest and richest cheeses in the world. It is essentially produced like 9 centuries ago: using the same ingredients (milk, salt and rennet), with the same craftsmanship and production technique that has undergone very few changes over the centuries, thanks to the decision to keep a fully natural production, withou...

The spongata of Pontremoli is an ancient dessert of mixed origin, that is, it belongs to three regions: Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria. The recipe has its roots in very ancient times and represents a timeless and delicious dessert that, even today, populates the Italian tables (especially in the center and north) during the period of festivals...

Embraced by the Po Valley, but a stone's throw from the gentle slopes of the Apennines, there's Bologna, a lively melting pot of culture, art and architecture, but also full of things to do and thrills not to be missed. In this article, we'd like to take you on a discovery of the things to do in Bologna so that you can get to know it in the most au...

In 2022, the new Balsamic Vinegar of Modena Pgi Agribusiness District was included in the National List of Agribusiness Districts Pdo/Pgi agrifood product by production value (source: Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, data 2021). THE NEW DISTRICT FOR TRADITIONAL BALSAMIC VINEGAR OF MODENA PDOAlbeit a niche production the...