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This story of a brilliant idea to make the olive the center of a liberal arts study, conceived by a professor from Turkey and taking root as a new Honors class at Keene State, actually starts at Amherst College, in Massachusetts. That’s where KSC Chemistry Professor Richard Blatchly’s wife, Patricia O’Hara … met Zeynep Delen…
SSAFE and PwC have created a tool to help companies assess food fraud vulnerabilities saying not all current food safety management systems are designed for fraud detection or mitigation.
Do you live in Peru and eat garlic? Onions? Olives? Then you might be interested in this bit of news. The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced they will be intensifying actions to prepare for the deficit of rains in southern Peru.
The arrival of this season’s freshly pressed extra virgin olive oils and the latest scandals are food for thought on the newest PDOs (Protected Designations of Origin) and PGIs (Protected Geographical Indications) in Italy. In Basilicata, producers gathered to sell their PDO oil with a common label while Sicily struggles to get its regional PGI…
This should be a good year for Greek olive oil, with 250,000 to 260,000 metric tonnes likely to be produced, according to Grigoris Antoniadis, the president of the Greek Association of Industries and Processors of Olive Oil (Sevitel) and corporate communications director at ELAIS-Unilever Hellas.
Encouraged with the success of olive cultivation, the Punjab government has initiated a five-year programme for planting olive on a wide scale in the Potohar region. Under the plan, it is envisaged to plant some 2,038,600 olive trees on 15,100 acres of land in Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Khushab and Rawalpindi districts.
A report dedicated to mafia involvement in Italian agriculture, and especially the olive oil sector, by CBS News magazine ‘60 Minutes’ on January 3, naturally raised various reactions.
Police in Seville in southern Spain have arrested four members of a dedicated olive-stealing gang and are investigating another five people linked to the theft. The arrests are the fruit of an investigation by the Guardia Civil into the theft of olives from groves in the Sierra Sur region of Seville in November and December…
The ATHENA International Olive Oil Competition aims to highlight the significance of competing and winning in Greece, this age-old homeland of the olive and the birthplace of noble competition. Judged by international experts from across the globe, the competition will award not only Gold, Silver and Bronze medals but also Double Gold, for oils receiving…
The Olives NZ Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 19 March at the Carterton Events Centre in the Wairarapa. At this stage there are no Executive positions due for nomination. Notice of the meeting and call for remits has been sent to members this week. The audited financial statements will be available to…