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Round 1 applications for the SA AFM grants opened in February and close on Wednesday, 2 April. It is expected projects will commence from 30 April onwards. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Paul Wood, Food Hub Project Manager on 0422 223 424 or [email protected] to discuss proposals prior to commencing an application. To apply email…
With the Hunter’s grape harvest finished for another year, attention is now turning to the region’s olives. Groves across the valley are expecting to begin picking in the coming weeks with the harvest to be in full swing by April. Growers’ prayers for decent rainfall have been answered and this year’s crop is expected to…
The Tasting Australia Producer’s Picnic will be held at the heart of the event – Tasting Australia’s Town Square in Victoria Square, Adelaide – on Sunday, 4 May, 2014 from 11am-5pm. Tasting Australia is inviting South Australian producers to express their interest in having a stall at the event. For general enquiries and further information…
IOC figures for the first three months of the 2013/14 olive oil season – October to December 2013 – show trade into the biggest two markets outside the European Union (EU), the United States (US) and Brazil, have fallen a tenth on the same period last year. And the declines in imports of olive oil…
Consumer concern about sustainability rarely translates into purchases, according to new research from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC).
It’s a pressing matter for the tiny US olive oil industry: American shoppers more often are going for European imports, which are cheaper and viewed as more authentic. And that’s pitting US producers against importers of the European oil, with some likening the battle to the California wine industry’s struggles to gain acceptance decades ago.
A recent US Food and Drug Administration warning letter is a sobering reminder for dietary supplement companies to be careful in the claims they make online about their products. The letter last month to Pennsylvania-based Exclusive Supplements raised issues including that the FDA considers therapeutic claims on the company’s website about its BioRhythm brand Olio…
As the clock counts down to the EU’s mandatory food labelling rule changes – due to be enforced on December 13, 2014 – we chart reaction to the legislation in quotes from people responsible for making sense of the new rules.
Similar to a cheat sheet, or CliffsNotes, the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference offers a walk-through of the behind-the-bill positions underlying the iterations of the Farm Bill. Although the Agricultural Act of 2014 signed by President Obama last week makes no reference to olive oil, the Act’s accompanying explanatory statement calls for…
Consumers in Scotland will receive far clearer information about the origins of their food, the Scottish government has pledged, after launching a new partnership to deliver that promise.