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The more popular organic products become, the greater the risk that fraudulent operators will ride on the coat-tails of genuine certification, the head of Australia’s organic farmers’ industry body warned after securing an injunction against a company that had done just that.
The Brasserie Bread Italian bread range is now made using ALTO’s beautiful olive oil. We’re using one of their olive oils designed for use in the kitchen – while Robust and Delicate have more pungency and bitterness, making them perfect for dressing salads, this is an olive oil that has a lower flavour profile with…
An international journalism award called “Reporter Gourmet” has been created to reward the best contributions about Italian olive oil and its olive-growing heritage, and to promote its appeal more widely. Articles, short stories, videos, photography, short films and documentaries which through words or images help spread the word and promote the image and the knowledge…
Spanish olive oils have experienced price increases of over 20% on predictions of a weak upcoming harvest, according to El Pais. Currently extra virgin olive oil is pricing at 2.20 euros/kg, while lampante or lower quality oil is pricing at 1.65 euros/kg.
A draft law submitted to the Turkey’s Parliament pertaining to the official designation of olive fields could threaten the livelihood of 500,000 farm families in the country, as daily Today’s Zaman online reports quoting news outlets. The bill would make it so that olive fields less than two-and-a-half hectares in size would not officially be…
A two-year effort to study the effectiveness of Greek EVOO marketing abroad was recently released. Dimitris Karavasilis, international marketing consultant and founder of DK Consultants presented his self-funded research at the Food for Success conference in Athens on July 1, 2014.
David Granieri, the 35 year-old owner of a farm in Nerola, was elected by the members’ assembly as the new chairman of Unaprol, Europe’s biggest olive oil producers’ consortium. Granieri, himself an olive oil producer, takes the place of Massimo Gargano, who led the Union for the last eight years.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is facing a big workload. At a public hearing on July 15 in Sacramento, California, 49 witnesses testified on proposed olive oil grading and labeling standards, and many others submitted written comments. The CDFA must now sift through and analyze it all and make an official decision…
Olive oil imports to Japan continue to grow, with Greece posting record export amounts in 2012 and 2013. Japan imported about 54,000 tons of olive oil and olive pomace oil during the 2012-13 crop year, up 18% from the previous period and 44% over 2010-11 levels. Greek exports accounted for €2.8 million of the total…
EU authorities will withdraw more than $340 million of agricultural funding from Greece because of its lapses in connection to olive oil and arable crops, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday. The European Commission had uncovered the deficiencies as part of its checks into the financing of common agricultural policy (CAP).