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Chefs often add olive oil to spaghetti. Now a study finds that olive oil and other vegetable oils can also help make one type of fiber - essentially plastic spaghetti - super-strong. Researchers stumbled onto using the oils on plastic while trying to develop a better type of wax for skis. And those oils can not only keep those…
The 2016 World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE) will be held on March 2-3 in Madrid, Spain. The annual international exhibition and trade fair serves as a meeting place for olive oil producers, traders, brokers, agents and buyers from around the world, and this year’s event aims to highlight the quality, variety and health properties of…
The Olive Oil Academy is running the eighth edition of its Olive Oil Sommelier Course from 18-22 April 2016 at Lake Garda, Italy. Open to food lovers, olive oil tasters, gourmets, food enthusiast and professionals, the course provides participants with qualifications as an olive oil expert and taster, opening opportunities to take part in official…
The Olives NZ Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 19 March at the Carterton Events Centre in the Wairarapa. There are no Executive positions due for nomination and the audited financial statements will be available to members shortly. All members are welcome to attend. Car pooling is being organized for those travelling from…
There are only a few places left for Olives New Zealand’s info-packed two day processing seminar, “How Processing Practice Impacts on Quality (e.g. Gold medals) and Quantity”, a must-do event for any producer’s calendar. The intensive course is being held in Auckland on 7-8 April 2016 and will focus on best practice processing for both…
Stands are now available for the annual Food Writers NZ May Market Day, an opportunity to showcase products and meet food writers, bloggers and corporate members in an informal setting. Last year’s market was a huge success, with over 70 Food Writers members in attendance. Details are: Monday, 2 May 4-6pm, at the Jubilee Hall,…
The Olives NZ Executive has welcomed Niall Holland as the new Chair of the Canterbury Branch. With his wife Jan Whyte, Niall owns the award-winning 1000-tree Old French Road olive grove at Akaroa. Niall takes over from former Canterbury Chair Tony Millar, who has stood down after more than three years in the role as…
Harvest 2016 is getting closer … thanks to all the small-batch processors who have contacted us with their details; they’re now on our register, which we’re referencing already to connect processors with people wanting to utilise their services this year. The register will soon have even greater reach, as we’re taking it online to be…
The annual Arts in the Olives Festival is on again, making it the 9th year for this highly successful community event. As usual the event is being held on Mothers’ Day, 8 May, at Worendo Olive Grove in the Lost World Valley, about an hour and a half’s drive south of Brisbane city and half…
Australians love it when one of their own take on the world and win. But few would expect Aussie victory in something as distinctly European as olive oils. At the world’s largest olive oil awards – the New York International Olive Oil Competition – Australian producers walked away with four of 18 possible “Best in…