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The Fleurieu Olive Harvest Open Day is on again this year, being held on Sunday, 7 May from 10am-4pm at Nangkita Olives, Tooperang, SA. This fun, family event offers the change to learn all about olives – pick, plant, prune, press and pickle – with a host of the best local growers and allied food…
Hardly a day passes without some new edict being issued about the food we should be avoiding. Superfoods are worshipped one minute and shot down in flames the next, according to Daily Mail.
Applications are open for the $5m Leadership in Agricultural Industries Fund, to develop leadership capacity and capability within peak industry representative bodies. Consortiums can apply. The grants can be used to fund activities such as professional development, training courses, webinars or strategic planning activities. Co-contribution required (in-kind accepted). Deadline 17 May. More here.
Olive oil cellar door café owner Donna Scopelliti from Varapodio Estate says locals as well as tourists should become more familiar with the experiences available to them in Sunraysia. Mrs Scopelliti and her husband, Joe, grow olives on their property at Buronga in NSW and also produce award-winning olive oil.
The national Food & Beverage Industry Awards reward best-practice and innovation in food and beverage manufacturing, large and small. A new category for 2017, Paddock to Plate, celebrates companies sourcing product direct from the producer and maintaining freshness while meeting a consumer demand, such as longer shelf life and/or ease of preparation and cooking. Deadline…
Olive oil producer Boundary Bend’s flagship retail brand, Cobram Estate, has won the Royal Agriculture Society of NSW President’s Medal. Finalists for the award were judged on their production techniques and community engagement strategy.
With its share price doubling in less than a year, the country’s largest olive oil producer and processor, Boundary Bend, is looking to “go for growth” with a large fund raising which could see it boost volumes significantly over the next few years.
Deoleo, the Spain-based olive oil supplier, has set out a plan to reduce its share capital by at least EUR300m (US$320m) as it looks to improve its balance sheet after another year of losses. The Carbonell oil owner said the reduction would be between EUR300m and EUR323m, with a nominal share price of EUR0.12 and…
Olive oil adulteration for the purpose of financial gain has become one of the biggest sources of agricultural fraud in the EU. While Europe is currently the world’s largest producer of olive oil, accounting for more than 70% of global production, non-EU countries are expanding their domestic production, increasing the competitiveness of the global olive…
The International Olive Council (IOC) announced today the winners of its annual Mario Solinas Quality Award. There were 149 entries, mostly from Spain (92) and Portugal (44). There were 5 entries from Italy, 2 from Greece, 2 from Tunisia, and 1 each from Croatia, Andorra and France. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/olive-council-announces-mario-solinas-winners-2/56136