Since September the AREFLH team continues to have a sustained activity. Simona Caselli, president of the association spoke on September 14 at the Think4Food webinar on innovation in food and the agricultural systems.
Simona Caselli then developed the topics of the new CAP and the Next Generation EU initiative alongside MEP Paolo de Castro at the Festa Nazionale Unità Bologna on 16 September.
Later, on 29 September, on the occasion of the 2nd World Food Waste and Loss Awareness Day, the President also participated in a pre-COP26 event on food waste and the opportunities to accelerate the transition. The event was organised by the Future Food Institute and FAO. The replay of her speech is available on You Tube (at minute 19'51).
With the trade fairs now reopening it is with great pleasure that the AREFLH team (Simona Caselli, Jean-Louis Moulon, Pauline Panegos and Luca Contrino) visited Macfrut in Rimini (Italy). The Italian F&V trade fair is indeed the occasion to renew our bonds with Italian members. A few weeks after Macfrut, AREFLH representatives were present at Fruit Attraction.
Finally from September 30th to October 2nd, the AREFLH co-organised, just like every year since 2010, the European Chestnut Days in Dordogne, Corrèze and Haute vienne. The event will be crowned on October 21 and 22 by a webinar, open to all, in two parts on the European chestnut market, and on diseases & pests. More information on www.eurocastanea.org.
The Chestnut days event was made possible thanks to the involvement of many organisations such as the Union Interprofessionnelle Châtaigne Sud-Ouest France, the AANA, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Interco, the Dordogne, Corrèze and Haute Vienne departments.
The Italian magazine on chestnuts from the Piemonte region has just been released. The articles are written in Italian and English. The magazine is edited by the Chestnut R&D Center. The topics this month are the following ones:
Chlorosis on chestnut new plantations, a case study
How to incentivize chestnut growers to enhance the phytosanitary management?
New guidelines for the management and recovery of chestnut plantations
Pruning modern high density orchards, a winning choice
The slow decline of chestnut culture in Piemonte and on the Alps
The story of the Juve chestnut orchard and its family
The IV Edition of Biofruit Congress, the most important forum for analysis and debate on the organic production of fruit and vegetables in Europe, took place on October 5 at Fruit Attraction (Ifema, Madrid) in a hybrid format (face-to-face and online). Some 400 professionals in the sector discussed the advances in organic production, its trends and how to add more value to the consumer and society. Proexport, a member of AREFLH, was involved in the organization of the event.
Since the launch of the new Research & Innovation Framework Programme Horizon Europe, the European Commission is organising info-days to present funding opportunities, to foster participation and to guide potential applicants through the processes and best practices when submitting proposals for funding.
The final project meeting of the NUTRIMAN project “NUTRIent management and Nutrient Recovery Thematic Network” was held on September 13 and 14 through videoconference.
Console is dedicated to effective and lasting delivery of agri- environmental-climate public goods. The objective of the 6th meeting was to focus on organising a series of local workshops in each state to present, landowner and stakeholder survey results, feedback and identify lessons learned.
The SmartProtect web platform is now accessible to all farmer, it is repository for innovative IPM solutions for vegetable cultivations. This platform aims to facilitate the application of pest management practices.
By focusing our efforts for a concentrated period of time and aligning our messaging we will have the greatest impact to bring awareness to the International Year of F&V.
If you wish to be part of the initiative you can :
Contribute to the twitter blitz by tweeting from around the world on October 15 with the hashtags #CelebrateFresh! #IYFV2021 #WFVD2021
Here are examples :
Hello from (insert country) How do you #CelebrateFresh this #WFVD2021 ? Happy World Fruit and Vegetable Day.
Did you know (insert country) we grow delicious, nutritious (insert names of fruits and vegetables) #CelebrateFresh the #WFVD2021 in the framework of the #IYFV2021
14-15 October : second edition of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Conference, hybrid format, with the documents and recordings from the first edition available on the following link (in English only): Read more.
25-26 October : Info-days for Horizon Europe Cluster 6. See website.
20-28 November : the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) encourages to carry out awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management. Registrations for EWWR 2021 will open in September 2021. ewwr.eu/
24-26 November : ICOP 2021– 15th International Conference of Producer Organisations for fruit and vegetables in Weiz (city nearby Graz), Austria and also online.
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With the trade fairs now reopening it is with great pleasure that the AREFLH team (Simona Caselli, Jean-Louis Moulon, Pauline Panegos and Luca Contrino) visited Macfrut in Rimini (Italy). The Italian F&V trade fair is indeed the occasion to renew our bonds with Italian members. A few weeks after Macfrut, AREFLH representatives were present at Fruit Attraction.
Finally from September 30th to October 2nd, the AREFLH co-organised, just like every year since 2010, the European Chestnut Days in Dordogne, Corrèze and Haute vienne. The event will be crowned on October 21 and 22 by a webinar, open to all, in two parts on the European chestnut market, and on diseases & pests. More information on 
The annual EU Agricultural Outlook Conference is coming back for its eighth edition on 9 and 10 December 2021.
The Italian magazine on chestnuts from the Piemonte region has just been released. The articles are written in Italian and English. The magazine is edited by the 
The IV Edition of 
Since the launch of the new Research & Innovation Framework Programme Horizon Europe, the European Commission is organising info-days to present funding opportunities, to foster participation and to guide potential applicants through the processes and best practices when submitting proposals for funding.
Console is dedicated to effective and lasting delivery of agri- environmental-climate public goods. The objective of the 6th meeting was to focus on organising a series of local workshops in each state to present, landowner and stakeholder survey results, feedback and identify lessons learned.
The SmartProtect web platform is now accessible to all farmer, it is repository for innovative IPM solutions for vegetable cultivations. This platform aims to facilitate the application of pest management practices.
