Episode taken from ” A cielo aperto – Con i frutti della terra ” of 01/01/2023
In the first episode of the year of “A cielo aperto – Con i frutti della terra” on 01/01/2023 Claudio Ferri presents the round table organized at GRECI Industria Alimentare in Ravadese (PR) to talk about the present and the future of industrial tomato supply chain in Northern Italy.
ASIPO is present at the round table with Pier Luigi Arata (President) and Davide Previati (Head of Agronomic Office), together with Tiberio Rabboni (President of OI Pomodoro da Industria Nord Italia) and Achille Ghisoni (Agronomist and Purchasing Manager of GRECI Industria Alimentare).
The first part (https://youtu.be/5OPI1pxWIlg) is about the results obtained during the 2022 tomato campaign, a transformation reality of excellence in our area that processes other products in addition to tomatoes and the activities carried out by our association. Finally, a focus is made on the use of processed tomatoes in the kitchen.
In the second part (https://youtu.be/chAd2h3oHtA), some recipes are cooked to show the use of industrial tomatoes in the kitchen. After that the advantages of the drip irrigation technique are explained. Finally, our president talks about the negotiation of the price of tomatoes for 2023.
At the end of this part, some considerations are made on the role that the processing industry can play in supporting the agricultural part and giving it security and on the economic support that will come from the European Union.
In this third and last part (https://youtu.be/-e1i0aJmoQ8) of the episode Marina Candellari (Head of Innovation and External Relations of the Greek Food Industry) talks about the importance and attention towards our country, in general, and our territory. Some special products cultivated by ASIPO are then presented, such as the datterino tomato, the elongated tomato and the organic industrial tomato.
Quality and innovation start from the field and continue in the transformation of the raw material into precious products for consumers.