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When British citizens cast their historic vote tomorrow to stay in Europe or leave the Union, many will be thinking about overreaching mandates like the ban on cruets in restaurants. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/brexit/51880
Olives New Zealand EO Gayle Sheridan has reported that the NZ Oil Testing Service has been working hard to improve the NIR calibration for polyphenols, following issues identified earlier this year. As a result, they are once again able to offer polyphenol content by NIR and this will be shown on the Olives NZ Certification…
Thousands of olive trees have been destroyed. Photo: Depositphotos.com Thousands of olive trees have been destroyed. Photo: Depositphotos.com Dutch farmers’ association LTO is warning holidaymakers not to bring home olive tree cuttings if they spend time in Italy and France this summer because of the risk of importing a bacteria which is killing the trees.…
The EU’s top court ruled Thursday the European Commission can order member states to cut down healthy olive trees to stem the spread of damaging bacteria after Italian authorities halted a controversial felling program in December.
Extra virgin olive oil is a readily available antioxidant food source that helps reduce the effects of oxidative stress and therefore reduces the risk and progression of many diseases. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/role-olive-oil-reducing-oxidative-stress/50816
Wairarapa olive growers are worried waste water restrictions at the region’s largest olive press could nibble into their profits from this year’s bumper harvest. The Olive Press, one of the country’s biggest, moved last year from Masterton to new, purpose-built premises in Greytown, close to south Wairarapa’s increasing numbers of olive growers.
The key dates have been announced for the 2016 Australian National EVOO and Table Olives Competition, so lock them in to your calendar. Key dates: Entries opened on 10 June and close on 2 September, with judging on 10 September for table olives and 16-17 September for EVOO. The winners will be announced at the…
Rob McGavin has led Boundary Bend to win over increasingly educated Australian consumers. With his company’s expansion to the world’s largest market, the odds of finding award-winning Cobram Estate olive oils at a store near you are getting better every day. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/australian-star-knows-no-boundaries/51777
A recent display of ACT Heritage Registered Trees at the ACT Heritage Library in Woden included a poster featuring osage orange trees and three olive trees (Olea europaea) on the site of the former Charnwood Homestead in Fraser. When registered in August last year, the largest olive tree was 13 metres in height with a…
For the first time in eight years, Broken Hill’s olive grove sits unpicked. The former mine site is known for producing award-wining olive oil, but soaking rain in the region has had an adverse effect on the orchard. Gary Ferguson from Broken Hill Gourmet Products Co-op said a downpour had bloated ripe fruit.