Environment
The internet is pregnant with the potential to deliver us from apathy and misinformation. With the promise of an unlimited, uncensored smorgasbord of information, we should no longer live like…
A new report by industry giant Unilever shows that consumers’ belief in the social or environmental welfare of brands hugely affects their purchasing decisions.
The Spanish olive oil sector will lead a European project that will study the control of greenhouse gasses during climate change through the calculation of the environmental footprints of olive…
For what it’s worth, climate change, at least for olive oil production, may prove a blessing in disguise. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/climate-change-and-olive-cultivation/54755?utm_source=Olive+Oil+Times&utm_campaign=077cc80f59-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfd25322ac-077cc80f59-213160813
A more affordable and time-saving method for culling wild olive trees in Australia has been found in basal bark spraying. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/australia-and-new-zealand/better-method-controlling-wild-olive-trees-australia/54931
A growing awareness of the environmental impact of food production and a desire to shop sustainably will heavily influence how consumers plan, shop for and prepare meals in the coming…
Despite delays, British Biotech Company Oxitec is still confident that their genetically modified strain of olive flies will reach further trial stages, but there’s a long way to go before…
Amador Peset, a young man from the village of Traiguera, started recovering millenary olive trees after losing his job as a carpenter during the financial crisis in Spain. “At first,…