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As part of its aim to raise consumer awareness about NZ EVOO, Olives New Zealand is undertaking a pilot promotional program using ‘shelf wobblers’. The wobblers will show the OliveMark and promote two key industry marketing messages – Guaranteed 100% Pure New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Simply the Best. A supply of wobblers…
Olive harvesters in Italy are getting busy despite the haphazard weather conditions, with rainfalls and cold in Northern and Central regions and almost summer-like temperatures in the South. The high temperatures caused operations to stop for some days, to prevent spoiling of the olives. Beside making the picking harder, high temperatures can ruin the harvest,…
Although the used amount of olive cake as an alternative energy source was small, it seems to be a business opportunity with a promising future for both of the partners. Despite successes of Albanian olive oil processors and greenhouse owners, there are unique challenges in running their businesses. For olive oil industry, olive oil waste disposal…
Have you ever tried to look at olive trees with a different and wider perspective? Let’s start thinking of an olive grove primary as an ecosystem, and an agro-system in particular, the right place where it is possible to practice and experience outdoor environmental education with both children and adults: an olive grove is a…
Spain could return to record levels and pump out about 1.6 million tons of olive oil this season, based on a new forecast that Andalusia alone will make more than 1.3 million tons. According to figures from the Andalusian regional government, its own output will come from an expected – and imminent – harvest of…
Global production of olive oil is set to rebound 29% from last year, sending prices in Spain to a 10-month low, Oil World said. Output may gain to 3.38 million metric tons in the 2013-14 season from the prior year’s “unusually low” 2.63 million tons, the Hamburg-based researcher said in an e-mailed report. Prices for…
Olive oil is a trendy fat that’s been heralded as a way to ward off heart disease, frequently as a part of a larger dietary pattern known as the Mediterranean diet. A recent Cochrane review concluded that the Mediterranean diet appears to reduce some heart disease risk factors.
A nutrition policy expert has urged bakers to switch to healthy oils for fat replacement in bakery to make up for under-consumption and pre-empt future regulation.
Across the board, consumers are embracing natural and organic products more and more, with natural/organic retail sales reaching $81.3 billion in 2012, up 13.5% from the year before.
As if the squeezed middle classes hadn’t suffered enough of late at the hands of George Osborne and co, now a shortage of their favourite foods threatens to leave their cupboards bare. Last week, a dearth of Halkidiki olives, blamed on a poor crop after bad weather in Greece, was said to have led to…