Crazy summer or tropical future? The future of fruits and veggies...

We are writing this article to help understand how difficult it has become today to produce fruits and vegetables. Not so much due to cultivation techniques or other factors… it is a revolution underway that no longer allows underestimations and above all requires us to be ready regarding our habits.

As Spaghetti & Mandolino, we have decided to undertake an important action of research and sales of excellence products from small producers scattered throughout our beautiful country.

We have received a wonderful response, and the idea is taking shape. That is, to offer anyone the opportunity to take home fresh fruits and vegetables, ripened on the plant, of very special types that are not easily found in supermarkets, which have now aligned to an international market that tends to standardize rather than diversify and seek.

And here are the cherries from Illasi, the Ramassìn from Valle Varaita, the Yellow peaches from Pescantina, and from today also the potatoes from Lessinia. Many more surprises will be arriving soon.

Unfortunately, we had to deal with a rather atypical summer. Tropical temperatures have significantly affected production and harvesting. For this reason, apricots and peaches ripened all in the same week, and we lost them just a few days after being available online.
The same goes for blueberries that have already finished, and if they are available, they have lost all their firmness and pleasantness. Practically cooked on the plant.

In short, we realized that something has changed, and our producers confirmed that they too were taken aback and harmed by these temperatures.
Fortunately, most of the fruits and vegetables come from areas above 500 meters… this still allows us to have crispy and good vegetables today…

What experts say is a constant rise in temperature over the last 20 years in Italy, and unfortunately, this trend will not stop.
That is why, if we want fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, the harvest time has now drastically shortened!

Good to know for the next year… hoping that the various weather forecasters may not be entirely right.

S&M