International News/Trends
The second edition of Olive Oil Without Borders, a project supported by USAID and the Near East Foundation to build economic cooperation in the olive oil sector between Israeli and…
Over 10,000 visitors from around the world, 300 exhibitors and more then 90 different brands displayed and tasted by olive oil experts and enthusiasts. These are some of the figures…
The International Olive Council (IOC) held the 23rd extraordinary session of its Council of Members on February 4 and 5. The outcome of the meeting included the adoption of several…
I have been reporting for over a year now on the controversy regarding the implementation of EU labeling regulation 432/2012 in Greece. It has been a Herculean task attempting to…
Swedish scientists are testing a prototype heating and power generating system running on residues from olive oil manufacturing. Designed to improve current processes of converting organic waste into energy, the…
Cynthia Vickrey grew up in and around movie theatres. Her father owned a number of them around Metro Detroit. It was a time when movies like The Godfather, Dr Zhivago…
On January 21, the Italian minister of agriculture, Maurizio Martina, organized a meeting to take stock of the situation in the Italian olive oil sector, for which 2014 was a…
Olive oil tasting bars may have originated in Europe, but their presence in the U.S. has been expanding rapidly over the past several years. There are estimated to be over…