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Tunisia counts just under 11 million inhabitants and is one-third smaller than California, but this year it is expected to be the third, or even second-largest producer of olive oil in the world. Despite its place in the international ranking, Tunisian producers are still strongly tied to old traditions.
Texas olive oils are becoming the toast of the culinary world and olive growers from around the state reached a milestone on last month when they met in Dripping Springs to elect, for the first time, a board of directors to help advocate for the booming industry. The Texas Olive Growers Association & Council elected…
Bank of Valletta has launched its 2015 corporate calendar, featuring a collection of photographs and memories to better appreciate what is genuinely Maltese. The bank said that in recent years it has been publishing calendars that “open a window on our culture and the rich heritage our forefathers passed on to us to better understand…
Hey, remember those two donkeys Pope Francis received as an early Christmas present? You can now meet them in all their long-eared fuzziness, thanks to a glorious advent: the opening of the papal farm to the public. Starting early this year, the 50-acre farm in the village of Castel Gondolfo, about 15 miles outside of…
The new organic olive oil facility officially started production last month by the Kilis Organic Olive Producers’ Union to help relieve the impact of the Syrian crises on the hosting region to support local development. Now more than ever, the olive oil facility will be a vital means to foster marketability of Kilis olives for…
In Seggiano (Tuscany) — an area famous for the olive tree variety called Olivastra Seggianese — the Museum of Seggiano Land and Olivastra recently unveiled an unusual exhibit. A stone water tank along the medieval walls of Seggiano now holds an Olivastra tree cultivated with an aeroponic system.
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…
Entries for the autumn classes of the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards (RMFFA) are now open to producers nationally. The bi-annual awards, conducted by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, recognise excellence and promote specialty, artisanal and boutique fine food producers, as well as larger fine food manufacturers and retailers, nationwide. Six categories are assessed…
Weather plays an important role in the success of growing olive trees. Parts of Europe, known for producing much of the world’s olive oil, have experienced weather that has dropped production of the popular cooking oil. Higher than average rainfall and an overabundance of pests have limited the amount olives produced during this year’s harvest,…
The International Olive Council (IOC), GEA Westfalia Separator Ibérica and the Spanish Association of Municipalities of Olivo (AEMO) presented preliminary results of an international study to analyze the cost of producing one kilogram of olive oil.