NH and Vincci hotels, prescribers of the benefits of EVOO
The hotel chain NH Hotel Group and Vincci Hoteles will exercise this summer as embassies of the culture of olive oil through a unique initiative that gives prominence to this product by a spectacular display in the breakfast area of these establishments. The idea is to make available to its customers a selection of extra virgin olive oils of the variety Arbequina, Cornicabra, Hojiblanca and Picual
Watermelon Fashion encourages smaller to consume fruit daily
The AGF Group has been campaigning in various almerienses colleges and Grenadians to promote, through its flagship product, Watermelon Fashion, daily consumption of fruit among children, raising awareness to parents and students of the importance of intake of these food for a healthy diet.
MAGRAMA and INLAC address the second phase of the campaign to encourage the consumption of dairy
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) and the Interprofessional Organization Way (INLAC) have begun the second phase of the promotion campaign "Dairy here every day" to encourage consumption of milk and milk products, it will run until the end of September. The objective of this action is to introduce the variety and importance of dairy products in a balanced diet.
Recipes lifetime to promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables among young
Last Tuesday, June 28th, took place in the Mercado de la Paz, the presentation of the recipes book: Pantry: Sweet and salty, an initiative in which the Fruits Foundation Ponent and the Association "5 a Day" join efforts to strengthen consumption of fruits and vegetables among children and young people.
Andalusia will examine the impact of ‘Brexit’ on the food industry
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Carmen Ortiz, announced that his department will conduct a study of the impact of the departure of the United Kingdom of the European Union ('Brexit') on the Andalusian agro-food sector. Ortiz made these remarks at the closing ceremony of the General Assembly of Agro-Food Cooperatives of Andalusia, whose member companies have increased this year its turnover by 19.6% to over 7,600 million euros.
UPA demonstration in defense of mountain olive groves
The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) will manifest on Thursday, June 30th, at the gates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), to claim for a top aid PAC of 150,000 euros and allocate the part the remainder of the budget to save the mountain olive groves and less productive. Indeed, on July 1st is the deadline given by Brussels to the Ministry and Autonomous Communities to revise the fate of coupled support CAP, which in the opinion of this organization, "are the only ones that could save the olive grove most needed."
The EC will propose the Andalusian Observatory of prices as ‘Feader draft Best Practices’
European officials will propose to include the Andalusian Observatory of Prices in the list of projects 'Feader Best Practices', for the contribution of this web platform to market transparency. This decision was communicated during the meeting held recently by the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food of the Government of Andalusia, Rafael Peral, with a Community delegation, headed by the director of the Monitoring Unit of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) of Spain and Portugal, Efthimios Bokias.
The European citrus sector requires the largest plant protection for their crops
The European citrus sector has demanded greater protection for Community plant plantations, before the debate opened by the European Commission on a possible relaxation of the conditions of pest control citrus fruits imported from third countries. This was expressed to those responsible for the EC in the course of the meeting of the Citrus Market Forecast, held on June 23th.
China verifies protocol agreement for export plum and peach from Murcia
Carmen Teodora Morales, General Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment (CAAMA) of Murcia, has met with a delegation of officials from the People's Republic of China who has visited the region to verify compliance of the agreement for the start of peach and plum exports to this country.
Asoex expressed caution about future effects of ‘Brexit’
The president of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile (Asoex), Ronald Brown, has expressed caution about the future implications of the departure of the United Kingdom of the European Union, considering that "it is still premature to visualize the immediate effects of this decision for exports of Chilean fruit ".