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The Olive Alliance is hosting a second practical, hands-on research tour in California, focusing on Sustainability through Super High Density, Harvesting & Processing. The tour offers exclusive access to key areas of the Californian industry, inspecting advanced Super High Density systems, observing the results of different pruning regimes and meeting with industry leaders in large-scale…
The Annual General Meeting of the West Australian Olive Council will be held on Tuesday, 12 November at 3.00pm in the President’s Lounge at the RAS Showgrounds, (via Gate 1) Graylands Road, Claremont. The Council welcome input from all members and encourage both members and interested parties to attend.
People in at least one Australian state would welcome more government regulation on food matters for a better public health environment, a new survey has revealed.
The Australian Olive Association has presented federal parliamentarians with a 29-page booklet, backing up its calls for a mandatory olive oil standard. Australia has had a voluntary olive oil standard registered with Standards Australia for three years. President of the Olive Association, Paul Miller, says that standard is now gaining international recognition and he’s hoping…
Olive oil producers from California and Australia are among those invited to an International Olive Council (IOC) meeting next week focusing on quality seals and other strategies being used by countries to promote olive oil quality. Representatives of the QVExtra and Extra Virgin Alliance (EVA) associations – which the IOC said “seem to be the…
Southern and central European firms Genosa and Europharma Alliance are blending their respective omega-3 and olive oil extract knowledge in heart health food supplements.
Dover Public Library … will hold an olive oil program at 10 am on Oct 5. Kimberley Adams, owner of OV Harvest of New Philadelphia, will present on the uses, health benefits, methodology and tasting notes of olive oils and balsamic vinegars. The event includes an olive oil tasting session. The event is free and…
Production of vegetable oils and fats in the European Union is set to rebound in the next season as sunflower seed and olive oil output jumps, Oil World said. Sunflower oil production in the EU may top 2.9 million metric tons in the 2013-14 season starting Oct 1, the most on record and 16% higher…
As Pakistan struggles with increasingly unpredictable weather patterns linked to climate change, farmers in arid regions are seizing on a drought-resilient crop better known from southern Europe and the Middle East: olives.
We’ve shown you a few ways to tell if that pricey bottle of olive oil is worth your money, but here’s another one: check for a seal of approval from the local or regional authority where it was bottled. As an example, Zester Daily explains that many California olive oils are sent to the California…