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The concept of “business for peace” is gaining traction as companies seek to redefine their role in society, engage with communities and harness the power of commerce for social good. Sindyanna of Galilee, a female-led fair trade association, is working to encourage understanding between Arabs and Jews in Israel by selling local producers’ olive oil…
Lebanon’s olive oil is being threatened by political turmoil and economic instability, which has allowed cheaper foreign products to flood the domestic market, a local USAID-funded project said Thursday.
The annual Marlborough RSA olive harvest brought in a bumper crop as volunteers collected up just under nine tonnes, a full tonne more than expected. Harvest organiser and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology horticulture tutor Don Cross said the quality of the fruit was very good. He expected to get around a litre of oil…
Australia now has the highest manufacturing costs in the world, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) following the publication of a gloomy report on the state of the country’s food industry.
This year’s national industry event will be held in from September 17-19 at the Mercure Resort in the Hunter Valley, NSW, and will also include the inaugural levy payers meeting. It’s a not-to-be-missed opportunity to learn, network and celebrate the efforts of our industry’s best, with the program as follows: • Wed 17 – Conference…
It has been 30 years since the original owners of Olio Bello realised their vision to create an olive grove on a perfect piece of land in Margaret River. A few years later, the 129ha estate was certified organic and the first crop was harvested in 1992.
Best known for busting up the clubby world of stockbroking and then taking on the wharfies, one of the country’s richest businessmen, Chris Corrigan, is stepping up his exposure to the agricultural sector, emerging as a key financier of the offshore push by the largest local olive oil group, Boundary Bend.
With a glass of retsina in the hand you could be forgiven for thinking that you were somewhere in the Mediterranean. That is, if not for the scent of eucalyptus and the sounds of Australian birds late afternoon. It is time to press olives in Towamba Valley, a small hamlet west of Eden on the…
In its annual overview for the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory, the AOA estimates 2013 domestic olive oil production at 19 million litres, following a reduced crop in 2012. This is against an estimated 2013 production of 400,000 litres in New Zealand and only an average world crop expected for 2013/14. This…
Australia now has the highest manufacturing costs in the world, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) following the publication of a gloomy report on the state of the country’s food industry.