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The NSW Department of Industry is seeking expressions of interest from NSW food businesses to co-exhibit on the ‘Flavours of NSW’ stand at Fine Food 2016. The event is the largest trade show of its kind in Australia, providing a prime location to showcase products and services and connect with buyers and distributors, with an…
Sometimes you can tell a lot about a person’s professional goals from a job application, especially one to lead an intergovernmental organization. On Abdellatif Ghedira’s official submission for the executive director position at the International Olive Council, some key words emerged: sustainable agriculture; preserve the environment; harmonisation of international specifications; monitoring of compliance with quality…
The price of olive oil purchased by shoppers in supermarkets in the UK increased by an average of 1.6% in 2015, according to the latest analysis of consumer goods sales by retail analysts IRI. This has had an impact on volume sales, with UK shoppers buying -4.7% less olive oil than they did in 2014.…
Europe’s consumers are facing a 20% rise in the price of olive oil after bad weather and disease devastated the continent’s olive harvest. Olive farmers in Spain and Italy, meanwhile, have seen their leading position as exporters eroded by Tunisia.
Out of twenty extra virgin olive oils, seven tested at production facilities and thirteen taken from retail stores, which were controlled last year by the Agricultural Inspection, six did not pass the quality standards, reported the Agriculture Ministry. Of the nine oils produced in Croatia, four did not meet the necessary parameters of quality, authenticity…
This article, published in Edible Silicon Valley, is a great read, telling the story of the California olive oil industry through conversations with four producers. It’s amazing how much it sounds like many of our passionate growers and producers on this side of the globe! Thanks to our Californian associate, olive oil consultant Alexandra Kicenik…
When it comes to Italy’s famed extra-virgin olive oils, terroir plays a critical role just as in wine. The authentic, top-quality oil comes exclusively from handpicked, freshly cold-pressed olives grown naturally only in Italy.
According to UF/IFAS-led research, buying extra virgin olive oil from olives grown in Florida might soon become a reality. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, a UF/IFAS entomology professor is leading a study of olive production in Florida. The research by UF/IFAS faculty includes a workshop held last year with olive experts from California.
A sting operation in Italy has yielded an unlikely cache of loot: over 85,000 tonnes of freshly painted green olives that police just seized from food counterfeiters. The Guardian reported on the newest trick forgers are employing to fake out olive-eaters: a coating of copper sulphate, a plant fungicide considered so unlikely to be used…
Italy will train Kurdish farmers working in olive groves and open a plant in Kurdistan to make olive oil, local farming officials told Rudaw. Samir Ismael, an agricultural official in Kurdistan, told Rudaw that “the Italian government provided 789,000 euros for this project,” adding that the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) will…