Five portions of fruit and vegetables a day are the recommended amount for a healthy, balanced diet, and it’s even better if you work out your choice based on the specific characteristics of each food.
Five portions of fruit and vegetables a day are the recommended amount for a healthy, balanced diet, and it’s even better if you work out your choice based on the specific characteristics of each food.
All the flavour and properties of fresh fruit and vegetables concentrated into a glass. Whether you prefer light extracts or thick smoothies, here are 5 combinations to make pressed juices and smoothies that will suit all tastes.
If you think that only a dip in the sea or a swimming pool can save you from the sultry summer heat, think again! Here are five fruits that guarantee hydration and freshness when the heat starts to feel overpowering.
Temperatures are rising and we’re getting hungrier for fresh food and light meals. Here are a few typical delights from the vegetable garden at this time of year, which will freshen up your summer menus.
Much more than a simple farming practice, irrigation is the result of thousands of years of history that continues to evolve even today.
We all know how important onions are for cooking, but their many beneficial properties are less well-known, from their anti-hypertensive and diuretic qualities to protecting the cardiovascular system.
From the mid-high Calabrian Tyrrhenian coastline comes Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria IGP (or PGI Calabrian Tropea Red Onion), a typical Italian delicacy with centuries of tradition and flavour.
Now that there is absolutely no risk of late overnight frosts, June is the perfect month to sow vegetables in your garden without worrying about any additional protection.
Celebrated every year on 5 June since 1974, World Environment Day was established to inspire governments, companies and citizens to make a positive change on all environmental issues and in all areas of business, including agriculture.
The much-loved star of many recipes, new potatoes - or early potatoes - get their name and characteristic delicate flavour from their early harvest.
The diversity of flora and fauna is what allows us to enjoy the fruits of nature in all respects, both in terms of the countryside and cooking, and protecting biodiversity also involves sustainable agriculture.
Bees are the most famous ones, but there are many pollinating insects and they are increasingly endangered. Biodiversity and agriculture would cease to exist without them. This is how and why we have to protect them.
It’s time we updated our recipes for the delights from our vegetable gardens at this time of year, with summer around the corner. These delights announce the typical burst of tastes and colours that come with summer fruit and vegetables.
In a world where technology and production needs are pushing humankind to move ever faster, many young people are deciding to go back to walking at nature’s pace.
On the surface, basking in the sunshine, grows a vegetable garden full of tomatoes, courgettes, aubergines and many other delicious fruit and vegetables. But hidden under a layer of soil lies a vegetable garden of so many delights that become the main ingredients in plenty of recipes every day.
Earth Day is celebrated on 22nd April every year. This annual event was established in 1970 and celebrates its 51st anniversary this year.
Innovation in the agri-food sector helps optimise the use of natural resources, improve the quality and yield of products, and therefore has a positive effect on the environment, society and the economy.
Our agri-food system, the life of the flora and fauna on our planet, as well as our own survival, depend on water. It is such a precious natural resource yet is all too often taken for granted and therefore wasted.
Who ever said that fruit and vegetable peels had to be thrown away?
The month when we welcome in spring is one of the most important for looking after our vegetable gardens and, in particular, for starting to sow crops. In fact, even though it is still rather unreliable, the March climate is particularly favourable for sowing certain incredibly delicious vegetables that you can eat over the next few months.

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