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Coop Italia Launches Campaign For Pesticide-Free Fruit And Vegetables

Coop Italia has launched a campaign to eliminate pesticides from Coop-branded fruit and vegetables. The retailer aims to gradually remove four types of...

Italian Fresh Fruit Exports Decreased By 15% In 2018: Study

Exports of Italian fresh fruit decreased by 15% in volume and by 11% in value in 2018 compared to the previous year, representing an overall decline of &eu...

Sales Of Organic Food Products Grew By 10% In Italy In 2018

Retail sales of organic food products recorded growth of 10% in Italy in 2018 compared to the previous year, with an overall turnover of over €5 billi...

Vegetable Prices Increase By 6.4% In Italy: Coldiretti

The price of vegetables increased by 6.4% in Italy in January, compared to the same month the previous year. This is according to Italian farmers associ...

Milk And Yoghurt Record Strongest Growth In The Italian Organic Market

Organic milk and yoghurt recorded the strongest growth in the overall organic category in Italy in 2018, according to Assolatte. Italian consumers are p...

Carrefour Italia Extends Blockchain Technology To Citrus Fruit

Carrefour Italia has extended its use of blockchain technology to citrus fruit. The retailer was the first in Italy to apply blockchain to the traceabil...

Centrale Del Latte Strengthens Strategic Partnership With Alibaba

The Italian dairy products company Centrale del Latte d’Italia (CLI) has announced that it will sell its products in the Chinese retail chains, Hema...

Italian Cheese Giants Set New Records In 2018

Italian cheese group Parmigiano Reggiano has closed 2018 with a 1.5% growth in production to over 3.7 million units. This positive performance is reflec...