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A new Malaga cooking school is rustling up its own recipe for promoting extra virgin olive oil. The Extra Virgin Olive Oil International Cooking Academy (ICA), based in Benalmadena, will teach cooking and classes on the science behind the oil. The school’s founder is Jose Antonio Amerigo, who shared his ideas and enthusiasm at last…
A study on a standardised olive fruit extract shows promise for consumers at risk of arterial stiffness, as measured by a reduction in triglycerides. The extract showed less effect when measured with a vascular index.
The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) is calling for World Board Members. Based in Bonn, Germany, IFOAM is the worldwide umbrella organisation for the organic agriculture movement across 117 countries, including Australia and New Zealand. The World Board (WB) members serve on a voluntary basis for a three-year term, with expenses to meetings…
Creating a new olive oil co-operative in the Adelaide Hills to better target export markets is rural award finalist Bridget Ransome’s plan for the upcoming year. The economic development officer with Mount Barker District Council said local growers were approached by a Chinese business man last year wanting 12,000 olive oil bottles within a month…
Villa Rochford is part of Rochford Hall olive grove at Kellevie, just off the Arthur Highway on the way to the Tasman Peninsula. The original country house was built in the 1870s by seafarer Richard Copping, for whom the nearby township of Copping is named. We arrived early on Friday evening after work, a late…
Olives NZ EO Gayle Sheridan says the National Programme 1 template document for the changes to the Food Safety Act has been completed and is now available for members. This template specifically meets the requirements for growers as horticultural producers and is comprehensive, being 114 pages. You can view the Table of Contents here. Businesses…
The internet is pregnant with the potential to deliver us from apathy and misinformation. With the promise of an unlimited, uncensored smorgasbord of information, we should no longer live like mushrooms, fed dung in the dark. It seems that enlightenment is now within the grasp of everyone, but . . .
Visitors to the Country Gourmet Pavilion at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days can taste olives and stock up on oil. Grampians Olive Co has been exhibiting at the field days since 2009. Owner Greg Mathews said the field days was a good opportunity to see a lot of people.
Italy is the second largest olive oil producer in the European Union (EU) after Spain and accounts for approximately one-quarter of the EU-28 olive acreage. According to the latest industry estimates, Italy’s marketing year (MY) 2016/17 olive oil production is forecast at 243,000 metric tons (MT), a 49 percent drop compared to the previous abundant…
The Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, in collaboration with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority would start grafting of olive saplings on commercial basis in the district in March and for this purpose an awareness seminar was held at Tarkikhel village here on Thursday to brief the local farmers about the plan.