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The AOA is running a series of olive oil assessment and judges training courses in March 2014, with separate days covering Basic – Introduction to EVOO and Advanced – Assessment of EVOO. Those completing the advanced course can sit a proficiency test, and if passed will join the AOA’s list of accredited judges for future…
Laharum’s Mount Zero Olives has featured on ABC Landline. Titled The Good Oil, the segment focused on how, in little more than a decade, Australia’s olive industry has grown into an agribusiness that turns over more than $100 million a year. Owners Neil and Jane Seymour appeared on the program to discuss the role of…
The AOA is seeking expressions of interest from NATA accredited laboratories to provide the package of testing services to satisfy Code of Practice and National Table Olive Competition requirements. For more information contact AOA Code of Practice administrator Peter McFarlane via email: [email protected] or ph: 08 83762161.
The AOA is seeking expressions of interest from NATA accredited laboratories to provide the package of testing services to satisfy Code of Practice and National Table Olive Competition requirements detailed here. For more information contact AOA Code of Practice administrator Peter McFarlane via email: [email protected] or ph: 08 83762161.
Table olive producer signatories to the AOA Code of Practice have annual product testing obligations which may be satisfied through provision of product testing results from a NATA accredited laboratory, or through participation in the AOA National Table Olive Competition (or other complying competitions). From 2014 AOA will require signatories to provide, as a minimum,…
Tasmanian farmers will soon be able to access concessional loans to help them. Funding of $30 million over two years is being made available under the Australian Government’s Farm Finance Concessional Loan Scheme, delivered by the state government. Eligible farm businesses will have access to five-year loans of up to $650,000 for productivity enhancement activities…
The grass beneath Malcolm and Sue Lee’s hundreds of olive trees may be scorched by a string of hot Western Australian days, but there’s no denying it – there are worse places to work. “It’s quite a pleasant occupation,” says Malcolm Lee. The olive grove on Tarnagulla Farm, just a handful of kilometres out of…
“Building Bridges” was the theme of the International Congress of Extra Virgin Olive Oil held recently in Córdoba, Spain. One of its main objectives is the creation of an international network of producers, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) experts, doctors, journalists and chefs interested in promoting excellence in the product, according to joint organizers QvExtra!…
Hanukkah is not about feasting. It’s not about gorging monstrous amounts of potato latkes or jelly doughnuts, or even about receiving eight presents – one for each night of the holiday. What we really celebrate on the 25th day of Kislev, which, according to the Hebrew calendar, falls this year on Thanksgiving Day, are the…
New superfoods feature in the full list of top 10 food and drink trends for 2014, released by research company Innova Market Insights at the Food Ingredients Europe trade show in Frankfurt, Germany last week. Interesting reading for our industry, as EVOO fits many of the categories at the top of the list – Ed.