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FAO declared 2021 the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the health benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption, promote healthy diet and lifestyle, reduce food waste and food losses, improving food production by making it more sustainable through innovation and technology in line with UN development objectives.
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2021 edition of Veganuary was a triumph!
582,538 people signed up to try a month as vegans in January, far exceeding the target of 500 thousand and the record of last year of 400 thousand. This shows how Veganuary is able to involve different people, even those who would like to approach a vegetable diet and are looking for useful advice and information.
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1/3 of our food is directly dependent on insect pollination
In Europe alone, more than 4000 types of vegetables we eat depend on bees. If these precious insects disappear, the consequences for food production and the environment would be devastating. Who would pollinate crops?- agriculture
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If you own the seeds you own the food system
If you own the seeds you own the food system. Access to open-pollinated seeds is the cornerstone of food citizenship because it creates non-market access to growing.- agriculture
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Acting on the food sector to slow the climate crisis
The use of land brings a fragmentation of habitats and a loss of biodiversity that tends to increase the possibility of contact with animal species capable of transmitting viruses to which humans are not accustomed. The climate and health emergencies may seem like separate crises, but this is not the case.- agriculture
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European Biodiversity Strategy supports organic farming
“To provide space for wild animals, plants, pollinators and natural pest regulators, there is an urgent need to bring back at least 10% of agricultural area under high-diversity landscape features. These include, inter alia, buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedges, non-productive trees, terrace walls and ponds,” the European Biodiversity Strategy reads.- agriculture
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The young make farms multifunctional and economically and environmentally sustainable
The agricultural sector boasts more than 10% of young people who do business and create jobs in Italy with 7 companies under 35 out of 10 that, in addition to cultivation, have developed activities of product processing and direct sales, educational farm, social farming for the inclusion of disadvantaged people, landscape care and production of renewable energy.- agriculture
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Deforestation and products placed on the EU market
Globally, the EU is responsible for more than 10% of the destruction of forests through the consumption of products such as meat, dairy products, soya for animal feed, palm oil, coffee and cocoa. The European Union has therefore decided to open a public consultation procedure on the theme of forest protection: "Deforestation and forest degradation - reducing the impact of products placed on the EU market".- agriculture
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The Biodiversity Plan approved by the European Commission provides for 25% of agricultural land to be farmed organically.
The European Commission has presented the Biodiversity Plan, a document that is part of the Green New Deal, the European Green Pact that aims to make Europe the first CO2-neutral continent by 2050. The new strategy proposes ambitious actions and commitments to halt the loss of biodiversity in Europe and the world and turn our food systems into global reference standards.- agriculture
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International Year of Plant Health 2020
Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet how to keep them healthy is often ignored. This can have devastating r...- agriculture
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Fake Chinese honey (made without bees) invades Italy. It's cheap, but it doesn't meet the standards.
It is not made by bees and for this reason it costs much less, almost 3€ less than Italian honey: so the fake honey made in China invades Italy and...- agriculture
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New Studies: Microplastics found in fruit and veg!
Microplastics are contaminating the fruit and vegetables we eat, according to two separate scientific studies published this week. According to t...- agriculture
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