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At the close of the 2013/14 crop year, Japanese imports of olive oil and olive pomace oil totalled 56218 tonnes, recording 4% growth on the previous season. Imports show that 92% of the aggregate tonnage came from European Union countries. For the first time, Spain stepped into the lead, accounting for 47 pc of the…
Olives Et Al has introduced the world’s first olives aimed at over 18s, which it describes as ‘slightly naughty and perfect to create a mouth-watering Martini’. Preserved in a choice of gin or vodka, naturally infused with fruit, the olives have to be served direct from the freezer. They can be added to cocktails, gin…
2014 will go down as one of the worst years in recent history for olive oil production in Italy. The latest data provided by ISMEA (the Italian Institute of Services for Agriculture and Food Market) show double-digit drops in production in all regions, except in Piedmont and Sardinia.
The 2014 Grove Census, conducted by Olives New Zealand, has now been sent out to all members and previous participants. The key data required is the 2014 harvest tonnage and oil yield figures but if your other grove data has not been provided (tree variety, number planted, etc) please also include this information. Participants are…
The Olives New Zealand AGM & Conference will be held in Auckland on 28 March 2015, followed by both an Advanced Processor Course and Product Diversification Seminar on 29 March. The venue for the AGM/Conference and Product Diversification Seminar will be the Sudima Auckland Airport, while the Advanced Processors Workshop will be at River Estate,…
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…
Olive oil is one of the eco-friendly cleaning products used to maintain the Sydney Opera House, as part of its environmental policy which includes “green cleaning” practices. The website of this iconic building in Australia’s biggest city shares its green cleaning secrets by revealing that it uses “low corrosive non toxic cleaning practices to preserve…
On October 23 in Athens, a meeting between Gennaro Sicolo, president of the Italian Association of Olive Growers (CNO), and the representatives of three growers co-operatives from Crete, Greece was organized. The aim of the meeting was taking stock of the Program of Activities for the Traceability of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (PATO), a CNO…
As the world’s largest importer, the third-largest consumer and an increasing producer of olive oil, the quality of the end product in American supermarkets and restaurants takes on added importance. That premise prompted a group of students at UC Davis to seek to develop a quick and inexpensive way for producers, distributors and retailers to…
Winners of the 11th Fiesta! Olive Awards, organised by Fleurieu Food, were announced at an awards dinner on 7 November. A record number of 25 oil entries were received, with 13 Bronze, 7 Silver and 3 Gold medals awarded. Table olive entries were also up, the record 13 entries receiving 4 Bronze, 4 Silver and…