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Australian olive oil has dominated at the industry’s most prestigious international awards. Australian extra virgin olive oil producer Cobram Estate was awarded one best in class, two gold awards and one silver award at the New York International Olive Oil Competition. Other Aussie winners were Cape Schanck Olive Estate, L’Uliveto Verde, Gooramadda Olives and Alto…
While Brazil isn’t widely known as an olive oil producer, a new initiative might just change that — not through the scale of its olive oil production, however, but as a result of an innovative cause-driven effort called Social Trees. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/project-aims-to-bring-social-change-through-olive-oil-in-brazil/50889
The UC Davis Olive Center recently co-chaired an international research competition, judging the event alongside experts from the University of Jaén, located in southwestern Spain at the center of the world’s largest olive-producing region.
France has increased the tax on palm oil imports, amid heated protests from big producing countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. This tax, proposed as part of the biodiversity bill, was definitively adopted on 17 March, ending the advantageous tax rate that the product had previously enjoyed. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/france-adopts-watered-down-palm-oil-tax/
Croatian agricultural production varies from year to year. According to the latest report of the Central Bureau of Statistics, during the last year the production all major kinds of fruits and vegetables in Croatia has decreased … On the other hand, tomato production has jumped 85% last year, and the production of olives soared for…
A recent Andalusia-focused study has confirmed the absence of the Xylella fastidiosa bacterium in a range of the region’s agriculture. The 600 tests were administered on olive, almond, and citrus trees, as well as ornamental plants — and all in the Andalusian regions of Almería, Granada, Málaga, and Jaén. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/andalusia-declares-its-agriculture-xylella-free/51038
The first report on the Italian extra virgin olive oil and the world consumer has been released by Extract, the observatory set up by Unaprol, the largest organisation of Italian olive oil producers, and the research institute Ixè. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/europe/report-on-italian-olive-oil-and-the-world-consumer/50806
Even though Istria was named the best olive oil region in the world by Flos Olei, many Croatians (author included) will tell you that they prefer olive oils produced in Dalmatia, and on March 20, 2016, during the annual international Noćnjak awards in Bol on island Brač, Dalmatian producers were the ones who took home…
A body of research shows that olive oil, and in particular extra virgin olive oil, is a healthier choice when compared with other vegetable oils. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/is-cooking-with-olive-oil-healthy/51059
Franco Boeri Roi’s decision to make extra virgin olive oil from the trees growing at the Golf Club degli Ulivi in Sanremo arose from the desire to safeguard the almost 1,700 olive trees, 1,400 of which are now producing olive oil. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/olive-oil-from-a-golf-course/50836