International News/Trends
Going from one extreme to the other, California farmers are welcoming what some are calling “biblical rain” that will bring relief from this year’s historic drought. While this single storm,…
Read MoreThe growing popularity of olive oil has driven more intensive systems of olive tree cultivation, writes Kieran Cooke. But they are vulnerable to the kind of extreme weather that has…
Read MoreThe leading Nordic fuel cell technology company PowerCell has announced a technology developing project to convert toxic waste from olive oil production into electricity.
Read MoreWhile many producers in Italy and other European countries ruefully sum up the small, if any, output of their harvest and are faced with a poor income, some others are…
Read MoreThe Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Sultanate of Oman declared the historical achievement: “The olive trees of Jabal al-Akhdar gave generously plentiful of their oil this season.”
Read MoreFollowing the case of 3,200 gallons of untraceable oil seized in Tuscany last month, another scandal arising from the scarcity of Italian olive oil was uncovered this week. The Ministry…
Read MoreFollowing Italy’s poor olive harvest and the resulting significant rise in the price of olive oil, there have been reports in national newspapers La Stampa and La Repubblica of olive…
Read MoreYou don’t really need an excuse to visit Italy and its beauty, such as the evocative town of Verona — where Romeo and Juliet lived and died, according to Shakespeare’s…
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