Australia
Awards were spread across the country at this year’s AOA national EVOO and Table Olives Competition, proving once again the consistently high quality of Australian olive producers. Best Table Olive…
An organic farmer in Western Australia whose crop was contaminated with genetically modified (GM) canola from a neighbouring farm has lost his court appeal for compensation. Steve Marsh of Kojonup…
It has been a solid year for Australian olive growers, with the industry producing almost 20 million litres of high quality oil this season. National production figures are almost five…
The Organic Federation of Australia was saddened to see the result of the Supreme Court decision last Thursday, in the Steve Marsh/Baxter GM Contamination case in Western Australia. Steve and…
The 2015 Sydney Spring Fine Food Show Olive Oil Competition achieved a record 136 entries, with the competition saw judges tasting the finest olive oils, in addition to olives and…
The Australian olive industry has developed rapidly since the early 2000s and one of the biggest innovations has been the mechanisation of harvesting.Boundary Bend Victoria production manager, Ryan Norton, has…
An innovative introduced to the 2014 and 2015 AOA and Olives SA Table Olive Competitions was the inclusion in both the testing and blind tastings of 20 commercial green, black…
National Organic Week, 2-11 October, aims to increase awareness of the benefits of organic products and sustainable agriculture and accelerate the uptake of these in the wider Australian community. Australian…