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Sebastian Bariani is in heaven, standing in his family’s olive grove in the Dunnigan Hills. The winter day is mild, a blue sky caps the rolling green terrain. He reaches down and gently bends the branch of a Manzanillo olive tree to demonstrate how the trees will soon be pruned, explaining that the blossoms for…
You’ve been to ice cream shops that give you a taste sample to help you make up your mind. Now folks living in and around Decatur can enjoy a preview when they buy olive oil. Two olive oil tasting bars have opened – Splash of Olive in the Artisan building in downtown Decatur and Strippaggio…
February was one of the warmest on record in Oregon, appropriate for the end of an unseasonably dry, balmy winter. Everywhere the Willamette Valley farm crops have started to bud out, ready in the next couple of weeks to burst forth in the full regalia of spring. Those gathered at the 2015 Pacific Northwest Cool…
People following a Mediterranean-style diet could slash their risk of heart disease by up to 47%, according to a new ten-year study.
Savory flavors are gaining momentum in the traditionally sugar-saturated nutrition bar category with the entrance of two more companies. Thinking of heading into olive bar production, anyone? – Ed.
One thousand olive producers in Lebanon recently attended a mechanical harvesting workshop organized by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Participants included representatives from 18 partner co-operatives and 60 companies from across the country.
With just four weeks until the New York International Olive Oil Competition, organizers are preparing for another record number of entries from dozens of countries in the world’s largest and most prestigious olive oil quality competition. Registrations for the NYIOOC Conference are now open and seats are limited – reserve your place here:
Milan Expo 2015, which begins in early May, will dedicate a day to Italian extra-virgin olive oil, building on a major industry exhibition in Trieste, local business leaders said Tuesday.
With a poor harvest of olives in traditional high-producing countries like Spain and Italy pushing global production to a 15-year-low and driving up the price of olive oil, it’s more important than ever for consumers to be wary of what they’re buying.
What is happening to the battleship Spanish olive oil? Was to dominate the world but increasingly difficult, with signals that are alarmed by all operators. After the protest of olive growers in Andalusia against Carrefour and GDO Iberian, guilty of promoting sales below cost of olive oil, now also the futures market and the Spanish…