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The first Mediterranean Diet Roundtable will bring together doctors and nutritionists along with food industry professionals, manufacturers, trade organisations and agencies as well as foodservice representatives in an effort to increase the presence of healthy foods of the Mediterranean diet in American cuisine and provide a better understanding of the health and commercial value of…
Atop the Acropolis of Athens stands an olive tree that is a symbol of hundreds of years of dedication and reverence. Although this is not the ‘original’ tree honoured by pious Athenians over 2,500 years ago, it nonetheless stands in roughly the same spot as the original. The tree was an important foundation myth for…
Olives NZ reports that the current European shortage of EVOO, due to bad weather and pest destruction of trees in Italy, has already seen increased interest in NZ EVOO. A Japanese importer has contacted Olives New Zealand requiring 14,000+ litres of 2015 EVOO to replace their normal supply from Italy. The company has said they…
Auckland-based European food importing business William Aitken & Co says consumers need to brace themselves in 2015 for price increases for Mediterranean olive oil following a difficult growing season and subsequent shortage of product globally. However managing director of William Aitken & Co, Graham Aitken, says like crude oil the international price of olive oil…
Hampshire’s Test Valley in Southern England has good soils, well-drained hillsides, long cold winters, hot dry summers, and sometimes it rains unexpectedly for two years straight. It could be New Zealand, particularly the east of this country, well away from white-tipped mountains. The only difference is its pixie-like thatched cottages.
The 2015 ONZ AGM will be held at Greytown next Saturday, 28 March, starting at 11am. Morning tea will be available from 10.30 and to assist in seating and catering, please RSVP your attendance to EO Gayle Sheridan at [email protected]. The AGM Agenda, 2014 Draft Minutes and 2014 Audited Statements have been emailed to members.…
The FOE and Olivegrower team regularly have enquiries from people looking for small-batch processors: it’s not uncommon for ‘home’ olive growers to want to produce their own oil, and weather-induced small grove crops are also an increasingly common occurrence. So we’ve put a register together and we’d like to include all processors across Australia and…
The AOA is jointly co-ordinating a masterclass on micronutrients, presented by Professor Jan Kofod Schjørring, Professor of Plant Nutrition at the University of Copenhagen. Micronutrient fertilization is a challenging issue in agronomy, yet continuing research shows responses to micronutrients in a range of cropping situations including crop yield, improved tolerance to diseases and pest problems,…
One of my favourite infused oils that can be used for a variety of ailments is calendula oil, and it’s a great herb to start with in salve-making. Calendula is an excellent herb for skin irritations, including rashes, scratches, cuts, inflammation and minor burns. Not to mention the healing qualities of the salve base: extra…
Fancy yourself a budding photographer? Have some images of olive oil, olives, olive trees or an olive grove that you would love to see on the cover of the olive industry’s premier print directory? If the answer is yes, please email your photos to Olive Industry Directory manager, Raquel Williams, at [email protected] no later than…