The jump in temperatures up to 35 degrees with heat bubbles that besiege cities and countryside has caused the consumption of fruit and vegetables on the tables of Italians to explode in the last seven days with an average increase of + 20%. This is what Coldiretti estimates in reference to the impact on purchases of the great heat wave that hit the Peninsula on the basis of the indications of the farmers' markets of Campagna Amica.
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The positive trend in consumption as well as climate change is also driven - argues Coldiretti - by the green turning point in nutrition caused by the Covid emergency with a growing attention to well-being at the table with the preference given to fresh, wholesome and dietetic foods. The increase in temperatures - underlines Coldiretti - is also favoring the ripening processes in the countryside with the arrival on the market of a wider range of fruit and vegetables offered, from north to south of the Peninsula. Cherries, strawberries, medlars, asparagus, radicchio, rocket, radishes, courgettes, cabbage, potatoes, artichokes, fennel, peas, broad beans, carrots, the first watermelons, melons, apricots and peaches but also apples, kiwis and the last pears and oranges Italians - underlines Coldiretti - help fight the heat, hydrate and get a natural full of vitamins. The production of summer fruit this year in Italy - underlines Coldiretti - is estimated to increase compared to the ...
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