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Registrations are open for the ONZ Judging EVOO and Flavoured Oils Seminar, being held in Auckland on 22 September. The advanced course, presented by Australian experts Peter Olson and Margi Kirkby, is open to members wanting to improve their tasting skills and learn about the taste profiles of flavoured oils. Topics will include: New Zealand…
By a healthy makeover, I don’t mean a completely unrecognisable cleanout that is totally unsustainable and a pie-in-the-sky, never-to-be-reached dream for most busy mums. I mean an achievable healthy kitchen, with small swaps your family is willing to accept and your children will actually embrace. Ready? Let’s give this thing a good go. One of…
A hundred years or more have passed since any farming of olives has been undertaken on the far-flung island of Kastellorizo. But in the face of Greece’s dire economic circumstances that’s all about to change, due to the combined efforts of Australian Kastellorizians and local people.
You could be forgiven for thinking this swish residence is located in the Hollywood Hills and not humble Arcadia. Situated off a country lane on Sydney’s rural outskirts … It also comes with a working olive grove, a mini soccer pitch complete with its own goals and a custom library with curved wall and built-in…
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 –…
News of an outbreak usually refers to a virus or bacteria making people dangerously ill across a city or a country. However, on the French island of Corsica – authorities are worried about another kind of plague victim: olive trees. According to a BBC News report, French officials are battling an outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa,…
Back in May, in an eye-opening story, The New York Times offered a reality check regarding the West Coast’s severe water shortage. In “Your Contribution to the California Drought,” reporters Larry Buchanan, Josh Keller, and Haeyoun Park laid down the facts: it takes just over 15 gallons of water to produce 16 almonds; more than…
Have you ever heard the Italian word capatosta? Literally meaning hard-headed, it is a vernacular, and fairly expressive term used in Southern Italy to indicate a stubborn person. Savino Muraglia is a young producer whose family has been growing and processing olives for five generations in Andria, an Apulian village not far from Bari and…
“Born in Spain, Admired all over the World” is the theme for the 2015 Interaceituna campaign to promote and inform the international community of the origin, variety, and quality of Spanish olives. The bold theme, bolstered by the face of celebrated tennis star Rafael Nadal, takes its cue from fact: Spain is the world’s leading…