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Artificial intelligence is now making its way into agriculture - and even onto tractors themselves. GeoInference, a company based in Italy, has developed an AI-driven computer vision system called BioSmart. Its goal? To provide remarkably precise estimates of both the quantity and quality of fruit and vegetable yields. Traditional farming methods r...

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  Italy’s agri-food sector strengthens its lead in Europe The state of Italian soccer: improving finances, rising women’s game, but stadiums lag behind Back to the peaks: how Italy’s mountains are calling people home Beyond the garden: past, present and future of Italian exports Quality, concern, and ethics drive Italian growing commitment to susta...

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A harvest of 45 million hectolitres with a quality ranging from good to excellent. These are the Coldiretti predictions for the 2025 vintage, with harvesting already underway in Sicily and expected to finish no earlier than November with the Nerello grapes. In such a delicate phase, the quantity might pose a challenge (last year saw 44 million hect...

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It starts with a bite: a cherry still warm from the tree, a tomato sliced open on a cutting board, its scent filling the room. This is the Italian food the world falls in love with—not just for its flavor, but for its feeling. Because here, food isn’t engineered or anonymous. Each fruit or vegetable carries a story, a dialect, a region. This biodiv...

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The 2025 Spighe Verdi (Green Spikes) awards for rural Italian municipalities have been announced. This tenth edition includes 90 towns—an increase from last year’s 75—with 17 new entries and 2 towns dropping off the list. Spighe Verdi is a national program by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education), the same organization behind the internation...

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Tuscans are so proud of their seasonality that entire communities throw dinner parties for individual ingredients via food festivals called sagre. Think local fundraiser dinners with folk music, often held outside the city center, with menus focused on a seasonal specialty — from truffles to artichokes to fava beans and even wild nettles. Keep your...

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Agriculture in Sicily is changing its face: mango and avocado are the new fruits of Southern Italy. Traditional crops such as citrus fruits, prickly pears, vineyards, olive trees, cereals, and ancient grains must contend with global warming and the extreme events it brings, drought and water scarcity, even the emergence of pests unknown until a few...

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  Nastro Rosa Tour: the Sailing Tour of Italy Piedmont leads Europe in surgeries using hypnosis as anesthesia Rome Fiumicino named Europe’s top airport once again Scientists believe secret to living past 100 may lie in a small Italian village Italy’s aging population drives demand for 2 million domestic workers by 2028 Cohesion as a driver of compe...

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  Aperti per Voi sotto le Stelle 2025: a nighttime journey through Italian beauty Acquiring citizenship in Italy is not hard just for the Italian Americans Europe’s boldest AI project has a Latin name and an Italian brain behind it Italian parents deal with the problem of a too long summer break in schools When memory fails us: early detection of A...

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Roughly 50,000 young farmers are currently working across Italy’s countryside, blending sustainability with creativity. They represent a vital pool of talent that will help shape the future of Italian agriculture—and the nation as a whole. These young entrepreneurs are at the forefront of agricultural businesses that are pushing through heavy burea...

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