The ‘mass’ market is increasingly focused on ready-made products, but if you have a trusted local fishmonger who offers something other than the ‘usual salmon’, you can eat better. This benefits both our health and the sea.
There are major problems for cheese, milk, rice, wheat, fruit, vegetables and wine. But it is the olive groves that have been hit hardest: on top of the damage caused by climate change, there is also a very unclear political situation
The illegal labour scheme distorts prices. As well as measures to combat organised crime, the government could begin to tackle the issue of wages and consumer incentives: with wages and prices distorted by the Mafia, we won’t get very far
Unfortunately, Mango, which is a sound company, is not acquiring a stake in the business: on the other hand, given the current situation – with losses of 35 million for the year 2025 and three further closures – it was foreseeable that there would be no ‘white knights’ available to save Coin, whose brand seems to be slowly but surely fading away
… The same method was used to defend public funding for the promotion of red and processed meat. When the Commission considered excluding these products from programmes in line with the European plan against cancer, Copa-Cogeca engaged with certain Commissioners, the wine and spirits organisations, and national associations. The restrictions were first watered down and then dropped altogether. The comment in the internal documents is succinct: “The lobbying has paid off.”
Prosciuttopoli is a saga that has dragged on for eight years, exacerbated by the outbreak of swine fever in Europe since 2014. It is hoped that the sector will not forget the lesson and that consumption of both Parma ham and San Daniele ham will be revitalised
The contradictions within the Ministry of Agriculture and the lack of substance in the positions adopted by trade union organisations (Coldiretti, Confagricoltura, etc.) on an issue that should concern us all: the failure to tackle unfair practices creates numerous market distortions that skew costs, prices and margins. And these developments run directly counter to the protection of sovereignty that this government would appear to advocate.
Francesco Mutti, president of Centromarca (Confindustria), would be 100 per cent right if: 1) Italy had not caused so many problems regarding food labelling; 2) we did not have ‘black sheep’ – such as Petti – who have damaged Italy’s image; 3) our country did not exploit workers in the fields to such an extent
The situation on the River Po once again highlights the urgent need to implement a National Reservoir Plan – a network of multifunctional reservoirs equipped with pumping systems capable of generating hydroelectric power
David (Bonneval) versus Goliath (Nestlé) in a context where the presence of a bottle no longer guarantees that the water is not contaminated
“(…) the European Court also addresses itself to the national legislator, requiring him to introduce criminal laws proportionate to the seriousness of facts that cause damage both to the environment and to the lives of people living in a particular area. It is also crucial, according to the Court, that statutes of limitation are guaranteed to be compatible with the complexity of proceedings and that the government refrains from adopting measures, such as criminal shields, that guarantee the impunity of polluters. In the past, the absence of an effective regulatory framework was one of the causes of the failure of some well-known judicial initiatives, such as the one against Eternit owners for asbestos deaths”
On the cover you will find a sentence found in Corriere della Sera and it is what we fear most: a loosening of quality standards in European food, with a possible invasion of ‘Made in USA’ products
