UK supermarkets minimise price rises for the cheapest alcohol when taxes are increased
Supermarkets could be hindering efforts to reduce harmful drinking. Retailers 'under-shifting' their cheaper alcohol products to avoid passing tax increases onto customers
The wine landscape Langhe Roero and Monferrato is Unesco Heritage
The news comes from the 38th World Heritage Committee of Unesco still going on in Doha, Qatar. "Unesco has recognized, with the inclusion of the Langhe- Roero and Monferrato in its list of excellence, the essentiality of agriculture and farmers as watchmen in the conservation of the landscape. " said the Italian Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Maurizio Martina
What “Italian” extra virgin olive oil was sold in Germany?
The supermarket Rewe under investigation. The group would buy huge quantities of oil rancid or obtained from suspicious mixtures connected with the Italian police operations Arbequino and Fuente
The Mediterranean Diet Foundation launches an App for kids: "MedDiet Chef"
The Mediterranean Diet Foundation launches an App for kids: " MedDiet Chef ", as one of the most outstanding and innovative activities of the European Project MedDiet: Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff
New Zealand wine industry’s largest research & development programme underway
The largest research and development effort ever undertaken by the New Zealand wine industry designed to position New Zealand as number 1 in the world for high quality, lower alcohol and lower calorie wines is underway
Olive oil Spanish producers are envy and angry
Grow up olive oil exports but not olive oil prices. Different the trend in the major producing countries in the euro zone. Spanish farmers denounce "speculative and abusive practices of the three major traders, Sovena, Migasa and Deoleo, representing a market share of 75%"
Consumers like veggies when bought in farmer market
When participants in a local Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program received vouchers for fruits and vegetables at area farmers markets, they ate a greater variety of vegetables and more often chose fruits or vegetables as snacks
Tunisia hoping for a good olive oil season
Collapsed the export of olive oil in 2014 due to a crop far below average. It raises the deficit Tunisian agro-food chain that depends mainly on the olive-oil production
Large numbers of US West Coast wineries considering a sale
A study by Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division indicates that 524 US West Coast wineries are strongly considering a sale within the next five years
The olive tree is the king of woody agricultural crops in Italy
For eight of the twelve species of woody crops agricultural observed, almost 80% of the total area is determined to be no more than four varieties. The exceptions are olive, peach and nectarine and apricot
Some consumers confuse ‘local’ with ‘organic’ food
The organic-food industry has spent millions of dollars building brand awareness, only to see some consumers confuse “organic” food with “local” food products
Fake Italian wine: perfect anti-counterfeiting operation
The control activities, still in progress, concern in particular Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Liguria and have already led to the seizure of more than 30,000 bottles of wine labeled as Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti DOCG and others
EXPO Milan 2015 and November nutrition conference to galvanize action on food security
Graziano da Silva pointed out that 840 million people were chronically hungry, and more than 160 million children suffered from stunted growth, while some 2 billion people globally experienced various forms of malnutrition