Olive business
What country do you think is the second largest olive oil producer this year? It’s Tunisia! That’s right. While the olive crop in other countries declined, Tunisia’s crop was abundant.
Read MoreA Spanish consumer rights group has launched a naming and shaming Twitter campaign after it found one third of consumers surveyed has bought the wrong product due to confusing food…
Read MoreRiverina farmers are among this year’s budget’s big winners, with $300 million in drought relief and big tax breaks for fencing and water retention facilities announced on Tuesday night. Farmers…
Read MorePort Lincoln’s once thriving olive industry is on the brink of collapsing as imported oils make it hard to compete. At the peak of its success in the early 2000s,…
Read MoreNew country of origin food labels might not be fully rolled out until 2017, despite the Federal Government calling the overhaul “urgent” earlier this year. A hepatitis A outbreak, linked…
Read MoreAn extra virgin olive oil produced in France and which the grower claims to be produced entirely without insecticides and fertilisers (went) on sale in the UK (last) week. The…
Read MoreThe dreaded Xyllela fastidiosa bacterium which is blamed for the infection of tens of thousands of olive trees in southern Italy has been detected for the first time in France.
Read MoreThanks to all the small-batch processors who have contacted us with their details; they’re now on our register, which we reference to connect processors with people wanting to utilize their…
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