SPANISH FOOD RESOURCES IN INTERNET

The food market maintains a growing presence on the Internet, although it is complex to undo the web of data that sometimes impair obtaining specific information to support the growth and consolidation of our companies. These references allow us a generalist approach to the most common needs with which we meet in our daily professional activity, beyond the obligatory Google search ...

INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (www.magrama.gob.es): Complete portal of the Ministry, with institutional resources and links useful to the food industry.
• Spanish Agency for Consumer Food Safety and Nutrition, AECOSAN (www.aesan.mspsi.gob.es): Web reference on food security of the General Secretariat of Health and the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.
• Superior Council of Chambers of Commerce of Spain (www.camaras.org): Portal full of resources for the entrepreneur, from which can also be accessed at local Chambers of Commerce.
• ICEX (www.icex.es): Under the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, provides access to a very extensive useful information DB for the internationalization of companies.
• Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification, AENOR (www.aenor.es): You can discover the existing regulations and certifications relating to food to enhance the quality and competitiveness of enterprises.
• Forum Interalimentario (www.forointeralimentario.org): Nonprofit organization formed by 30 companies in order to promote the improvement of food information and training for consumers and society.
• Food for Life-Spain Technology Platform, PTE FFL-Spain (www.foodforlife-spain.org): With a solid representation of the sector (REL, AINIA, AMEC, ANFACO-CECOPESCA, BDA, CCAE, CENTA-IRTA, CNTA, and VITARTIS CTC), the research oriented Platform Supply to industrial interests for the development of a Strategic Agenda research.
• Alimentaria Barcelona (www.alimentaria-bcn.com): Corporate website of the Fair's most important food market in Spain.
• Agribusiness Technology Center Lugo, CETAL (www.cetal.es): Local technology centers under management of local authorities, as this de Lugo, addressing promotional activities and intermediation of O+D+i and technology transfer, as well as specific actions implementing its own projects.
• AINIA Technology Platform (www.ainia.es): Similar to the previous organization, albeit with greater relevance to the industrial activities of the Valencian Community.

MARKET SECTOR

• Spanish Federation of Industries Food and Beverages (www.fiab.es/es/): Representing more than 50 associations attached 5000 companies.
• Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics, FESNAD (www.fesnad.org): Preferably centered in the professional field of health and food sciences.
• Technology Platform for Sustainable Agriculture (www.agriculturasostenible.org): Forum for institutions and companies in the agricultural sector, whose mission is to contribute, from technology, continuous improvement of sustainability and production efficiency along the entire value chain to meet the growing needs of products agricultural.
• Food Sector (www.sectoralimentacion.com): Important database of companies from all sectors of the food industry.
• Food+i Cluster (www.clusterfoodmasi.es): The Cluster are local corporations, like this in the Ebro valley, discover career options and technological cooperation with many projects and examples.
• Infoagro (www.infoagro.com): Practice web with useful information for the farmer and rancher.
• Restauración Colectiva (www.restauracioncolectiva.com): Complete portal for professionals in the Restoration.
• Wine Spanish Federation (www.fev.es): Private organization that brings together the Spanish winemaker sector, both processors as marketers of all types of wine products.
• Spanish Foundation Serrano Ham (www.fundacionserrano.org): Entity that combines nearly 80% of the producers of Spanish cured ham, with objectives of protection, improvement, design and promotion of quality Serrano ham.

  TRENDS

• The Food Mirror (www.thefoodmirror.com): Portal developed by AZTI-Tecnalia that focuses on innovation in the food market with pioneering methodologies in the study and consumer participation.
• Food Trend Trotters (www.foodtrendtrotters.com): Research and innovation in power in distant geographical areas that could be adapted to new local developments.
• Live to Palate (www.directoalpaladar.com): Focused web resources like recipes, you can allow discover preferences and trends in the consumer end of the food chain and local markets.
• Retail Food (http://retailalimentacion.blogspot.com.es): Imanor Torres Blog focused in marketing, distribution and retail food market.
• Hostelería digital (www.hosteleriadigital.es): Full portal dedicated to the trade and a source of valuable information on the needs and trends of the market.

MEDIA

• Qcom.es (www.qcom.es): Digital magazine which is the meeting point of the sector of the food chain.
• Alimarket online (www.alimarket.es): Sectoral economic information relevant section of Food.
• Marketing4Food (www.marketing4food.com): Online publication focused on food and consumer marketing.
• Interempresas (www.interempresas.net): With a relevant publishing tradition, today is focused on the digital media, developing major trade publications, trade shows, meetings, etc.. Eminently targeted to large industry.
• Fundetec (www.fundetec.es): Information Society magazine with useful resources for the implementation of ICT in SMEs.
• Financial Food (www.financialfood.es): Professional Web site for distribution and food industry.
• Wine Week (www.sevi.net): Information web for professionals in the sector centered Wine.
• Infoaliment (www.infoaliment.com): Sector news feed. Very important browser and database of historical information since 2002.
• Agrodigital (www.agrodigital.com): Described as "the web of the field", has numerous resources on agriculture, livestock, agricultural policy, environment ...
• Agroinformation (www.agroinformacion.com): Focused on rural development and sustainability, with regular information on all agricultural areas.
• Food Sovereignty (www.soberaniaalimentaria.info): Web of the eponymous magazine, aimed at the new naturalistic tendencies of the agrifood sector and social bonding.
• Agro-online (www.agronline.es): Digital Publisher economic newsletter Agronegocios y las revistas Vida Rural, Mundo Ganadero and Origen.
• Fruit Today (www.fruittoday.com): Bilingual journal (English-Spanish) aimed at linking national productions informationally fruit and vegetables with import channels and European distribution.
• Wine Markets and distribution (www.mercadosdelvino.com): Probably the best information in the world of wine.

  SOCIAL NETWORKS

It´s not the purpose of this article to analyze in depth the importance of RRSS, just remember: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and, to a lesser extent, Pinterest and Youtube, constitute the new two-way information channels between users and businesses in virtually all sectors.

If your company does not have one or more profiles RRSS opened, do it now with care, insurance competition that already has an account with that is supporting by his branding strategy. However, before integrating Social Media into their corporate communication, study thoroughly what your industry, leading companies and the media: be amazed at the importance given to him and the need for a good Community Manager specializing in RRSS and directly connected to the direction of the company.

Discussed a very general approach to providing Internet resources to companies in the food sector. Now we want to share their experiences: they have been useful this information ...? please let us indicate it deems appropriate, including their own suggestions and links to enhance this list of resources, thank you very much!