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A more affordable and time-saving method for culling wild olive trees in Australia has been found in basal bark spraying. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/australia-and-new-zealand/better-method-controlling-wild-olive-trees-australia/54931
An English doctor moves Down Under and takes on an overgrown olive grove in Tasmania. It sounds like the plot for a new feature film, but this is the real life tree change Dr Fiona Makowski and her husband have no regrets about taking on.
Bulk sales of olive oil from Spain to the US have skyrocketed, new figures show. In 2007, 16% of 113,000 tons of olive oil – mostly from Spain – arrived in bulk containers, but last year that figure had increased to more than 42% of 331,368 tons. The figures, released by the International Olive Council…
The traditional Mediterranean diet of fruit and vegetables, nuts, fish and wine could prevent neurological degeneration in later life, say researchers at the University of Edinburgh.
Import trends suggest a dramatic change in the ways olive oil reaches American end users and the successful transition by Spain and others toward marketing their national brands to foreign buyers. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/u-s-olive-oil-imports-increasingly-bulk/54726
A growing awareness of the environmental impact of food production and a desire to shop sustainably will heavily influence how consumers plan, shop for and prepare meals in the coming year, predicts a leading food influencer and national retailer.
The FDA has extended the comment period on the use of the term ‘healthy in food labelling from January 26 to April 26.
Millers in the rural town of Coudoux, France, are perpetuating the ancestral way of producing olive oil and are adamant about doing so in order to be able to offer a high-quality, traditional product. “Maturing” the fruit for four to five days breaks all our modern production rules but it still seems to work for…
Tunisia is expected to produce 100,000 tonnes of olive oil in the 2016/2017 season, more than 55% down on the national average of 180,000 tonnes, the Tunisian National Office for Olive Oil (ONH) said on Thursday.
Last June, the Olympia Health and Nutrition Awards initiated a new trend in olive oil competitions: a focus on health benefits. In 2017, the Olympia Awards will continue, the Aristoleo Awards will expand, a new competition will debut in Malaga, Spain, and the London Competition will lead mainstream competitions into this new health-conscious territory.