International News/Trends

Shoppers want supermarkets to stock more world foods – particularly Chinese, Italian and Indian, according to new research commissioned by the grocery think-tank IGD. With Greek and Spanish foods also…

Spain has a new banner under which it plans to go forth and conquer more olive oil trade. Launched this week by the non-profit interbranch organization which promotes Spanish olive…

A Peruvian tribunal has quashed anti-subsidy duties the country had been imposing on imports of Italian and Spanish olive oil. The Defense of Competition Chamber of Indecopi, the Peruvian authority…

On a unanimous, bipartisan vote, the Senate Agriculture Committee voted to support establishing a state commission to help coordinate efforts by California’s olive oil industry to fund research and improve…

A bill to establish the Olive Oil Commission of California, an industry-supported group that would fund research and improve olive oil grading and standards, is moving through the state legislature.…

A financial clamp on the activities of olive oil’s peak body – the International Olive Council – could end at the end of May when a new attempt is made…

Deoleo, the world’s biggest olive oil company, says American consumers have helped offset a fall in its sales due to belt-tightening by Spanish and Italian households. In its latest annual…

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will soon begin offering repurposed barrels to help people conserve water for gardening, washing cars and other uses. The News Journal…