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Extra virgin olive oil is the new wine! Because I have spent the entire week researching Texas Extra Virgin Olive Oil and hanging around with olive oil growers, producers, scientists, and retailers … I was very cordially invited to the Con’ Olio Olive Oil Dinner at Fonda San Miguel, which was given in honor of Tom…
While olive oil producers like Greece and Italy consume 25 kilos and 11.5 kilos of olive oil per capita per year, Turkey only consumes one kilo, pointing to a need to market the oil and educate local consumers. Though Turkish consumers are increasing their intake of olive oil due to health trends, Turkey still lags…
Global consumers’ intent to buy foods and beverages online has grown 44% in two years, with over a quarter (26%) planning to buy online in the next three to six months, according to a new survey from market research organization Nielsen.
Bounded by citrus groves and nestled deep in the fertile valley of Wadi Qana, thousands of olive trees in Deir Istiya have been growing for years on either side of a meandering stream. Overlooking it, seven Israeli settlements have expanded on the surrounding hills. Located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, the Israeli…
Olive oil producers in the United States could make significant gains in market share if they can establish stricter labeling standards and increase consumer education on quality, a new study by Rabobank asserts. Domestic producers can expect to acquire a 5% share of the US market in the next five years if those measures are…
Many “extra-virgin” olive oils – including big names such as Bertolli, Crisco, Fillipo Berio and Mazola – don’t taste good enough to merit that description, according to Consumer Reports. By definition, extra-virgin olive oil is supposed to be flawless, but only the top nine of the 23 products CR’s experts recently tried were free of…
It was environmentally sustainable. But Negev Nectars wasn’t financially sustainable. Three years after launching, the company, which aimed to develop a North American market for small-scale Israeli farmers producing olive oil, jams and other foodstuffs using a breakthrough, desert-friendly approach to agriculture, has suspended operations. However, its founder, Marvin Israelow, 65, who has been passionate…
The European Commission has released a brief report on olive oil production expectations towards year 2020. Based mainly on statistical analysis and predictions about the progression of the oil industry compared to past trends, the report is concerned with the ‘big three’ of the olive oil sector; Spain, Italy and Greece.
Final details of the European Commission’s olive oil action plan may not be available until the end of September, according to sources close to European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Cioloş. It’s understood the EC is currently drafting relevant legislative reforms while consultation continues with EU countries over the plan. Cioloş released a paper with general…
Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil producers, devastated by the world oversupply and the resulting low prices, are discussing the formation of a Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil Association. The intention of such an association will be to promote Spanish extra virgin olive oil in preference to refined olive oils.