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Social and cultural exchanges across the Aegean Sea are bridging the gap between Greece and Turkey. A recent joint project by two photography groups was the latest in a decades-long series of cultural collaborations that experts say are important for providing political leaders with the impetus to resolve differences.
Argentina has experienced one of its worst olive harvests in recent years, a situation that’s causing a great deal of concern among olive oil producers in Mendoza and neighboring provinces, according to the newspaper Los Andes.
From olive oil that’s too yellow, to the perils of excessive pungency and the ‘unfiltered is best’ fallacy – these are among the issues the Catalan agriculture, food and aquaculture research institute (IRTA) has recently dealt with as part of its work with the olive oil sector. Agustí Romero, from IRTA’s olive oil research team,…
In a substantial article that does not spare anyone the German magazine Focus online accuses supermarkets Rewe, one of the largest chains in Germany, and an Italian company, guilty of having introduced on the German market rancid olive oil, or mixtures suspect that have nothing to do with the extra virgin olive oil.
Olive growers are facing a big threat in the form of a tiny fruit fly that could end some olive oil production. To make matters worse, they say an offer from an irrigation district to help families save money is instead backfiring and making the infestation worse.
Is the farm-to-table movement all it’s cracked up to be? Is a healthy dialogue about GMOs even possible? Can we fix growing income disparities in the developed world? A group representing many points on the agribusiness value chain weighed in.
Olive oil and olive pomace oil imports are down nearly 8 percent across seven major markets – a year-on-year drop of more than 23,000 tons, the latest International Olive Council market newsletter shows.
Once relegating it to the occasional soap in a gift shop, the American beauty industry has begun innovating more with olive oil and olive-based ingredients in their products, both for the fruit’s many touted benefits as well as to provide an alternative for increasingly chemical-aware consumers.
Serious breaches, including market manipulation, by the Madrid-based Olive Oil Futures Market were revealed today in a Spanish government bulletin.
The International Olive Council (IOC) recently presented the 14th edition of the Mario Solinas Quality Awards for extra virgin olive oils. Named after the late professor Mario Solinas of Italy, the awards recognize extra virgin olive oils with the best organoleptic characteristics in four categories: intense, medium and mild green fruitiness and ripe fruitiness.