mediterranean diet

Unique Group promotes the consumption of vegetables through the project ‘Healthy Hotel’

On Thursday, July 6th, Unica Group and Avenida Hotel, Almería, presented their project to create a model of Hotel Saludable. An initiative through which guests can enjoy healthy snacks (initially minipepinos and minitomates) to snack between hours in their rooms, as well as healthy menus. In a press conference, the president of the cooperative, José Martínez Portero, highlighted a project that was born with the objective of “somehow linking agriculture with tourism, betting on healthy eating.

The volume of fruit consumed in Spain grows by 2.8% in the last 12 months

The volume of fruit consumed in our country has grown by 2.8% in the last 12 months, as it was announced during the 19th Congress of Fruits and Vegetables celebrated by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Distributors (AECOC). Another interesting piece of information on the occasion of this important meeting of the horticultural sector, which has gathered more than 500 managers, refers to the growth forecast, around 5%, which more than 55% of professionals in the sector augur to its companies in 2017.

The Baena PDO collaborates in the First World Salmorejo Congress

In its continuous commitment to the promotion of its oils, the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Protected Origin (PDO) Baena participates as a collaborator in the First World Congress of the Salmorejo, which took place in the Provincial Council of Cordoba.

Inlac initiates a campaign that promotes the consumption of three dairy products per day as the basis of a healthy diet

The Interprofessional Organization that encompasses the entire Spanish dairy sector, Inlac, has presented on 14th June a campaign aimed at improving the knowledge and perception of dairy products, whose consumption, despite being essential elements for a balanced diet, it does not at present reach the necessary amounts for a correct feeding. Through rigorous information, which bases its messages on the work of a Scientific Committee composed of experts of recognized prestige, this initiative seeks to promote among the Spanish population the intake of at least three dairy a day, and has the support the EU and MAPAMA.

Proexport launches the “Cultivate your imagination” contest to encourage schoolchildren to eat healthy

Proexport has organized the contest of inventions “Cultivate your imagination”, aimed at promoting a healthy diet among children. This initiative is aimed at the 62,926 6 to 9 year olds from 423 schools participating in the Program for the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in the Schools of the Region of Murcia. “Cultivate your imagination”, which has the collaboration of the prestigious Miba (Museum of Ideas and Inventions of Barcelona), aims to stimulate students to transform their ideas into real inventions that promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables, as well as their conservation, cultivation and distribution.

PROVACUNO faces a new stage, emphasizing internationalization and national consumption

The Interprofessional Beef Organization (PROVACUNO) faces a new stage in which it will prioritize as objectives internationalization and internal consumption, as it informed during its act of longing, celebrated last May 29th in Madrid. Thus, this Interprofessional Organization has launched an ambitious Internationalization Plan, which will be developed during the period 2017-2021, to promote Spanish beef in foreign markets. Likewise, work is being done to ensure that Spanish consumers adequately value domestic beef, according to the director of PROVACUNO, Javier López.

Tejerina inaugurates Expoliva urging the Spanish olive sector to continue leading in production and quality

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, stressed that Spain must continue to be a world leader in the production and quality of olive oil, for which the joint work of the Ministry, the Board Of Andalusia and the sector is required. For this reason, García Tejerina has encouraged all sectors involved to prepare for the future is even better.

AOVE’s sensory experience stars in the third Expoliva Dialogue 2017

Nearly two hundred professionals of the sector have participated in the Expoliva Dialogue “Extra virgin olive oil, an unusual experience for our senses”. The Director of Industries and Agro-Food Chain of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucía, Rosa Isabel Rios, has inaugurated the third of these important appointments that are being made prior to the “Expoliva 2017” celebration.

INTERCUN bets on bringing the rabbit meat to the Christmas meals

The Interprofessional Organization to promote the sector of rabbit meat (INTERCUN) has developed a promotional campaign to boost the consumption of this product this Christmas, addressing directly to the consumer with tastings and demonstrations strategically programmed in the most affluent points of sale.

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Healthy Binomio: Fruits and Vegetables and Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Finca la Torre, greengrocers Gold Gourmet and 5 a day Association have developed a pioneering initiative to encourage the consumption of two staples of the Mediterranean diet, the Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) and Fruit and Vegetables. Thus, by the ‘Water them with Health’ campaign it aims to raise consumer awareness of the importance of introducing in daily meals combined intake of both foods, to multiply its healthy properties.

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The Summer, better with dairy

With summer just around the corner, the National Federation of Dairy Industries (FeNIL) develops a number of useful recommendations to the tackling the rigors summer, already

Dressings table olives in its footballing version

The Table Olives Interprofessional Organization, Interaceituna, has gone a step further in its promotional campaign for this product and has decided to provide a footballing touch to its original and creative proposal dressings table olives, named in his day as Aceituning. Thus, at Euro France which will start this Friday, June 10, friends of a good snack will taste different varieties of olives seasoned with three inspired dressings, which will provide a good taste when it comes to cheer against TV to the national team.

A ‘tasty’ campaign to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables

Tomorrow, June 4th, takes place in Murcia the last of the two cooking contests of Huerta Chef campaign, designed by the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of Murcia (FECOAM) and funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment. This ‘tasty’ initiative aims to encourage children to consume fruits and vegetables in order to maintain a healthy diet.

In spring, the olives are reinvented

The first sunbeams mark the change of season. With spring comes an explosion of life in the countryside, parks and gardens. The milder temperatures and increased hours of sunlight encourage us to go back for the streets, enjoying the terraces and snack.