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The expression of interest stage for round three of the SA River Murray Sustainability Irrigation Industry Improvement Program (SARMS 3IP) opens on Monday, 16 November and closes at 5pm on Friday, 11 December. SARMS 3IP information sessions are being held on: • Tuesday, 24 November 2015 – Renmark Hotel 11am-1pm and 5-7pm • Wednesday, 25…
TakeStock, ‘the Ebay of the food industry’, says it can find buyers for unsold stock as well as reducing food waste, cutting storage costs and helping food companies find a bargain. Hmmm … does anyone else feel uncomfortable about this opportunity to move old oil?
While several well-known studies have found that the Mediterranean diet lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, other studies have failed to confirm these findings. According to authors of a recent paper published in the journal Neurology, differences in the methods used and subjectivity of clinical diagnosis may account for some of the inconsistent results.
Exports from the Greek island of Crete nearly doubled to €295 million for the first six months of 2015 according to Alkiviadis Kalabokis, president of the Exporters’ Association of Crete, largely due to increased olive oil exports which grew an even more dramatic 518% during the same period.
Andalusia’s Minister of Agriculture, Fishing and Rural Development Carmen Ortiz revealed today that the government anticipates a substantial increase in olive production for the 2015-2016 harvest season. National production of olive oil could reach 1.2 million metric tons, he said, a 43% rise over last year’s output of just above 800,000 tons.
An Italian regional court has temporarily suspended the destruction of olive trees in Puglia following a complaint filed by 21 olive growers demanding proof that their trees are infected by Xylella fastidiosa.
Spain’s National Association of Industrial Packagers and Edible Oil Refiners (ANIERAC) announced yesterday that the country’s olive oil sales reached 351.5 million litres (302,290 metric tons) between October 2014 and September 2015, down 5.55 percent from the year before, when 372.2 million litres (320,092 tons) were sold.
On September 2013, California Senate Bill 250 was signed into law establishing the Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC). Since then, new standards for olive oil labeling and quality have been adopted by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for every olive oil producer in the state with more than 5,000 gallons of…
A raging five-year civil war has claimed nearly a quarter-million lives. Most of the population — an estimated 11 million — have fled their homes. Most of the territory is under the control of rival insurgencies. Air attacks from Russian and American warplanes pound the countryside. Syria hardly seems like a place to make olive…
Touring their centuries-old olive orchard and state-of-the-art oil mill with just a month to go before harvest, Crudo’s Giuseppe Schiralli and Antonio Rutigliano are all smiles. At this time last year, no one could have blamed them if they’d been hiding in their offices curled up in a fetal position. Yes, the season Italians are…