Assomela meets GLOBALG.A.P, exchange of ideas with apple growers
In the past few days, Assomela, the Italian association of apple producers, hosted the top management of FoodPLUS GmbH, Elmé Coetzer-Boersma (Managing Director) Heidi Gremminger (Coordinator of

Assomela meets GLOBALG.A.P, exchange of ideas with apple growers
In the past few days, Assomela, the Italian association of apple producers, hosted the top management of FoodPLUS GmbH, Elmé Coetzer-Boersma (Managing Director) Heidi Gremminger (Coordinator of

VOG apples are increasingly going international
This year, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been added to the more than 75 export destinations of the VOG consortium, that produces 500,000 tons of apples per year in South Tyrol,

VOG apples land in Latin America
VOG apples are becoming increasingly international: this year Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have joined the more than seventy-five export destinations of the Consortium, which

Small fruits from South Tyrol available on markets throughout Italy
Compared to apples, they represent a niche, but South Tyrolean small fruits commercialized by Asta Frutta are gaining in popularity, as confirmed by Markus Tscholl, coordinator of Asta Frutta Alto

New genomic techniques, the EU opens up
The European Commission has finally presented a new proposal for a regulation on plant breeding. "This is a long-awaited initiative, for which we have been lobbying in the European Parliament for

Fewer apples exported from South Tyrol to Egypt
The South Tyrolean apple industry is now preparing for the final phase of the 2022/23 marketing season. "We had a relatively small yield overall, which is why some varieties will be cleared

"With our organic apricot, we are at world championship levels"
Brothers Michael and Christoph Simon are currently establishing an organic orchard in Mollram with 10,000 fruit trees, 5,000 of which are apricot trees. "Of course, we looked at similar projects

'VOG, our communication is like an orchestra'
Are apples really just fruits? Not for VOG, the consortium of South Tyrolean fruit and vegetable cooperatives based in Terlano (Bolzano), which over the years has specialised in promoting the

Experimental Centre Laimburg/Free University of Bolzano: Laboratory for NMR spectroscopy inaugurated
The Laimburg Experimental Centre and the Free University of Bolzano organised the first scientific symposium on NMR spectroscopy in South Tyrol. On this occasion, the new laboratory for NMR