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Since December, the second phase of a three-year campaign promoting olive oil is underway in India after being first launched in January 2014. With the slogan “Join the Olive Oil Revolution,” the campaign’s message to the Indian public is that olive oil is healthy and suitable for Indian cuisine.
Following the recent epidemic of Xylella fastidiosa in the Apulia region of south Italy which affected several thousands hectares of olive plantations, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned that the bacterium could spread to olive groves across Europe. We’ll look more closely at the disease, and the risk it may pose to our…
Australia’s biggest olive oil producer, the Chris Corrigan-backed family business, Boundary Bend Ltd, has just finished its first olive crush in California, and is now in the midst of launching an assault on the American market.
The dates and venue for the this year’s AOA Olive Industry Conference & Trade Exhibition have just been announced. The event will be held from Monday, 14 September to Wednesday, 16 September, in Mildura, Victoria. Lock the dates into your calendar, and we’ll bring you more details in Friday Olive Extracts as they’re announced.
The AOA is informing growers that a new permit for chemical treatment of anthracnose on olives has been issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), as follows: Permit ID: PER14908 Description: Pyraclostrobin + Metiram (Aero) / Olives / Anthracnose Date Issued: 8-Jan-15 – Expiry Date: 31-Mar-20. Permit holder: AOA.
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’re putting a register together and we’d like to include all processors across Australia and…
Places are filling fast for the 2015 Olive Study Tour to South America, departing after the national conference on Saturday, 19 September. The current price is $9,800, however a discount on this amount is expected once an application for funding is approved. A maximum of 20 people can attend, with 18 expressions of interests already…
An innovative new conference in Illinois, USA, will focus on practical olive oil usage, including an Olive Oil Value Competition rating ‘off-the-shelf’ products and EVOO Tasters Championship. Providing valuable information and interaction for anyone with an interest in olive oil, Spend Wisely on Olive Oil will cover EVOO and olive oil, emphasizing ‘value for money’…
Unfortunately, due to a low number of registrations, the 2015 Olives NZ Conference and associated workshops/seminars have been cancelled. ONZ EO Gayle Sheridan said that, while the past three annual conferences have been well supported by members, a number of factors have impacted on potential attendance on this year.
Following the cancellation of the Conference, the 2015 ONZ AGM will now be held at Greytown on Saturday, 28 March, starting at 11am. The move is to provide better access for members. Nominations have been received as follows: President – Andrew Taylor; Vice President – Craig Leaf-Wright; Treasurer – Craig Leaf-Wright. Nominations close today, 20…