Olive business
After 16 years, a Norfolk tree surgeon’s labour of love has finally come to fruition as the first bottles of his Greek-grown olive oil are imported into his home…
Will the July 2018 deadline for compliance with the new Nutrition Facts panel stand? Will federal GMO labeling regulations stop GMO-related lawsuits? And will the FDA nail down ‘natural’ anytime…
A British based company has replaced ocean destroying plastic microbeads with milled olive stones in an environmentally friendly hand wash made from ground olive kernels. You can read more about…
Entries are now open for the 2017 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards, with organisers preparing for another highly competitive event. Last year saw the 20th anniversary of the competition, marked by…
The government has launched negotiations to open new markets to Australian farmers through a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said that the industries expected…
The ACCC is running a free webinar for Australian food businesses, looking at the new Country of Origin Food Labelling (CoOL) Information Standard. ACCC Deputy Chair Dr Michael Schaper will…
Last fall, researchers at Wright State University announced they had found that emerald ash borer can develop from larvae to adulthood on a species of olive tree. Today, that study…
Waste from the olive oil industry like olive stone ash, ground olive stones, and sludge from pomace oil extraction can be used as effective secondary raw materials in the making…