(7 Feb) – Fruitlogistica calls, Veneto responds. Starting tomorrow and until Friday, the food excellence of Venetowill be on display at the main international showcase of the entire agricultural industry. Among italian regions, Veneto is leader in the export of food products. In Berlin, the producers will bring the great variety of food products that distinguishes local agriculture: vegetables but also products from the sea, mountains, hills, plains, lakes, rivers, lagoons. In short, from all the region. “The regional fruit and vegetable industry offers the international market three PDO and fourteen PGI – said the Head of Foreign Trade Marino Finozzi -, describing our country as a ‘quality garden’. Every day trucks from our markets deliver our fresh fruit and vegetables in most of the EU countries, especially in Germany and central Europe”. In his twentieth year, Fruit Logistica is the top-event in the agricultural international field. On average, collects more than 2,400 exhibitors and 56,000 visitors, not to mention the over one thousand journalists, radio and television reporters from 50 countries involved each year. Two showrooms, one for the supply chain of fresh fruits and vegetables, and another one for the Fresh Convenience. (Ram)
3 PDO AND 14 PGI AS TREASURES
Veneto is one of the Italian regions with the largest number of products protected by trademarks PDO and PGI. Three products have a Protected Designation of Origin: white garlic of Polesano ; White Asparagus of Bassano; chestnut of S. Zeno. The fruit and vegetable production and cereals with a Protected Geographical Indication are 14: white asparagus of Cimadolmo, asparagus of Badoere; cherries of Marostica; bean of Belluno Valley’s Lamon; lettuce of Lusia; chestnut of Combai, chestnut of Monfenera; peach of Verona; radicchio of Chioggia, radicchio of Verona, red radicchio of Treviso, pied radicchio of Castelfranco; rice of the Po; vialone rice of Nano Veronese.
