Olive business
Like many European countries, this year’s olive harvest in Turkey is not meeting expectations, reports the Turkish daily Hürriyet. Over the past month the wholesale price of extra virgin olive…
Read MoreGoing 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 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 More2014 will be known by Italian olive oil producers as the ‘black year’ – a particularly bad one for a number of reasons – among them the fact that the…
Read MoreThe Council’s November 2014 newsletter released today reports that olive oil producers in Europe are expected to experience a significant 38-percent decrease, with Spain and Italy the worst hit, while…
Read MoreWith the support of Turkey’s Ministry of Industry, the olive oil producer Nar Gourmet is taking a new step in the olive oil sector with a project that will bring…
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