Pod Casts & Interviews

21 Jun Today Show – Olive Oil Outrage

Posted at 01:46h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

21 Jun What’s Virgin Mean?

Posted at 01:25h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

21 Jun Olive oil industry upset about supermarket discounting

Posted at 01:13h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Sarina Locke

Paul Miller, from the Australian Olive Association, says producers can't compete with cheap imports and are being forced to sell below the cost of production.The olive oil industry is the latest to complain about heavy price discounting at the two major supermarkets Coles and Woolworths. The...

21 Jun Late Night Live Interview with Tom Mueller

Posted at 01:02h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

Courtesy of ABC National Radio - Late Night Live (4.00pm) with Phillip Adams. As world prices for olive oil drop, fake or adulterated olive oil is being sold as 'Extra Virgin' oil, and it's becoming a global problem. Tom Mueller - freelance writer and author of...

20 Jun Extra Virgin: International Mistress of Disguise

Posted at 10:01h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Gordon Weiss

The Global Mail World's purest olive oil: Italy? Nup. Spanish? Wrong again. Better testing shows it's often Australians making the exta viginest. Australians have been guzzling mislabelled extra virgin olive oil for years, paying premium prices for foreign oil that is cometimes little better than fancy lighter...

20 Jun Congratulations!

Posted at 10:00h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

Congratulations to Today Tonight reporter Frank Pangallo on his recent win "best current affairs report (olive oil)" and "best series, campaign or investigation (olive oil)". http://www.sapressclub.com.au/awards/12/bestseriescampaigninvestigation.html...

20 Jun Camilo Olives story June 30 2012

Posted at 10:00h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

Teesdale olive grower Joan McGovern is on a crusade to educate on the joys of extra virgin olive oil. The managing director of Camilo Olives started hunting got industry knowledge when her family planted a small grove of 3300 trees on flat sandy loam as...

20 Jun Ali Irvine on Nights with Steve Price

Posted at 09:53h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

Olive Oil supporter Ali Irvine spoke last night on "Nights with Steve Price" on 2GB about Australian Olive Oil. Listen to the pod cast here...

20 Feb Hail damages big olive crop

Posted at 10:04h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Lucy Barbour

A massive hail storm has wiped out a quarter of one of Australia's biggest olive crops. Boundary Bend Estate produces olives and olive oil at Boort, in central Victoria. The hail bruised the fruit and left about 5,000 tonnes of wasted oilves lying on the ground...

20 Feb Growers Face Uncertain Future

Posted at 10:01h in Pod Casts & Interviews by Australian Olives

THERE are many hurdles for growers to overcome in the future, writes ALEX SAMPSON As growers around the state struggle to cope with the heat, high Aussie dollar, supermarket pressure and competition from cheap imports, grower groups are discussing survival strategies and pushing for governments...