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Australia’s largest olive oil producer, Boundary Bend, has been accused of engaging in aggressive, disruptive and unprofessional behaviour two years after staking a claim in the fierce US olive industry.
Is Super High Density (SHD) the way forward for your grove? Want to know more about the system and how it works? A SHD olive growing field day is being held at Longridge Olives, Coonalpyn, South Australia on Saturday, 4 March 2017, presented by the AOA and supported by the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural…
Western Australian olive producers are holding their breath for dry weather for the next three months, after last season’s weather resulted in one of the worst crops in about two decades.
Much like deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) helps solve crimes, it can be used to control food quality and prevent fraud. It plays the role of a true identity card, and that still holds true for plants. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/scientists-use-forensic-techniques-gauge-olive-oil-quality-prevent-fraud/53711
The International Olive Council has accredited Eurofins CAL for the chemical analysis of olive oil, the first independent US lab to achieve the designation. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/north-america/u-s-lab-gets-ioc-nod-olive-oil-chemistry-testing/54333
A UNESCO-protected olive grove of located in Puglia, Italy is standing in the way of proposed Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project valued at over $45 million. This pipeline would transport gas from central Asia to the millions of homes in various regions in the European Union in order to wean Europe off its dependence on Russian…
An Oakland-based olive oil company is facing a lawsuit from the North American Olive Oil Association for making what the association called “false, misleading and scientifically unsubstantiated statements” about olive oil sold in supermarkets.
Just how much of a role does diet play in overall health? And what dietary advice is best to follow? This week on “Take Care,” Dr Walter Willett … discusses what we’ve learned from nutrition studies over the years and how that information has helped shape dietary guidelines to improve human health. He specifically references…
Flos Olei 2017, the new edition of the annual catalog for the best olive oils (and also considered the olive oil “Bible”), has named Istria the best quality olive oil region in the world – for the second year in a row!