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An olive oil producer in Tunisia has received a loan package of $26 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aiming to increase olive oil production and develop exports.
CreAgri and its founder, Dr. Roberto Crea, are the recipients of the Ottorino Rossi Award 2015. Named after one of the founding fathers of modern neurology, the Ottorino Rossi Award is assigned yearly to a scientist who has made an important contribution to neuroscience research.
I have been reporting over the last year and a half on the debate raging in Greece on how to implement the EU 432/2012 labeling regulation. Despite the many attempts by scientists, olive growers, olive mills and even members of the Greek Parliament to convince the Hellenic Food Safety Agency (EFET) to allow the measurement…
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Reports are generally signaling a much smaller harvest for most New Zealand growers this year, with some not even registering a harvestable crop for 2015. We’ll be covering the New Zealand harvest in the Harvest Round-up of the September edition of Olivegrower & Processor, and would love to hear from growers on how they’ve fared…
Interested in becoming an Organic Grower? This one-day workshop aims to provide a snapshot of what to do … and what not to do to start building a profitable organics business. Funded as part of an Australian Government National Landcare Program grant to promote sustainable agricultural practices to the farming and wider community, the workshop…
A West Gippsland olive grove is supplying top Melbourne restaurants, like the Fat Duck, Vue De Monde and Cumulus Inc, with oil. The grove was planted in 1997, in the hills of Jindivick, out the back of Warragul. Owner, Sam Cabbabe, said that after 40 years as a pilot, he discovered a passion for producing…
A Grampians olive oil producer is on the hunt for oil stolen from its Melbourne warehouse. Mount Zero Olives staff arrived at work on Monday to find its warehouse had been burgled, with a new van, boxes of oil and computers gone.
Thanks to all the small-batch processors who have contacted us with their details; they’re now on our register, which we reference to connect processors with people wanting to utilize their services. The FOE and Olivegrower team have had a number of enquiries this year from people looking for small-batch processors – both ‘home’ olive growers…
The Moroccan Center for Export Promotion, the export arm of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, today announced Morocco has become one of the largest olive oil producers in Africa and worldwide by nearly doubling a net production in six years to 1.5+ million metric tons.