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The aim of this new campaign is to introduce new flavours to the Japanese audience and to show how olive oil can be incorporated as a healthy, tasty ingredient in traditional Japanese cuisine. The IOC has officially launched its new campaign to promote olive oil on 2 July at a reception held in the famous…
Subscribers to our quarterly industry magazine, Olivegrower & Processor, can now view back issues online – great for referencing when you’re away from the grove and can’t access your hard copy. All editions from 2012-2015 have been uploaded – just log in to the Olivebiz website with your subscriber log-in details, go to Publications –…
This year’s national industry event is two weeks away, being held from September 14-16 in Mildura, Victoria. It’s a not-to-be-missed opportunity to learn, network and celebrate the efforts of our industry’s best, with the program as follows: Monday 14: seminar program, followed by the conference dinner which includes the 2015 National EVOO & Table Olives…
You’re sitting in an olive oil tasting room, just a few hundred yards from where the liquid gold was grown and even closer to where it was milled. The moment the oil hits your palate, velvety smooth and pungent with a peppery finish, is an awakening. This is how truly extra-virgin olive oil should taste.
Recent news that a key substance in olive oil destroys cancer cells is a good reason to rethink your diet. Many people have pushed olive oil aside in recent years in favor of coconut oil, which has garnered headlines for its ability to improve everything from your cholesterol profile to weight loss. But a new…
Entries for the 2015 New Zealand EVOO Awards are open, with the 2015 judges panel comprising Australians Peter Olson (head judge) and Margi Kirkby, international guest judge Himeyo Nagatomo from Japan, and New Zealand judges Ed Scott, Hilary Fenemor and Charlotte Conolley. Arguably the premier olive oil awards in New Zealand, this is the only…
From $2 million to $80 million, one store to 20,000, Gregg Kelley has led California Olive Ranch to become the largest American olive oil producer. And he’s just getting started.
The AOA believes the time is right to approach government and seek to split the current Olive Research, Development & Extension levy of $3.00 per tonne of fresh fruit delivered to a processing facility, to include a proportion of money for marketing. In the past the AOA have relied on a voluntary Consumer Awareness and…
It has been a solid year for Australian olive growers, with the industry producing almost 20 million litres of high quality oil this season. National production figures are almost five million litres higher than last year. However, the crop fell short of the 22 million litres bottled during 2013.
Following a confirmed infection of the deadly bacterium Xylella Fastidiosa (Xf) on the French island of Corsica, the French ministry of agriculture has announced measures to contain its spread.