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GQ’s Best Stuff asked a few experts about the best olive oils for cooking, sopping, and drizzling. These days, it seems like any pantry essential could be a punch line for the next food craze: no vinegar, peppercorn, or salt crystal is safe. The same goes for olive oil, at once a simple grocery store…
Two independent reports highlight some of the economic challenges facing the olive oil sectors of the world’s two largest olive oil producers.
Details have been announced for the 2018 Perth Royal Olive Awards, which this year will judge olive oil categories only. Dates are: Entries open: 16 July Entries close: 10 August Deliveries to: Perth Royal Showgrounds, 30 July-10 August Judging: 25-26 August Awards Presentation: 16 September Enquiries to WAOC Executive Officer Karen Sanders at [email protected].
Up to $1m is available for commercialisation costs of new ventures – with food and agribusiness named as a target area. More information here.
An Innaloo couple is upset the City of Stirling pruned their olive tree just a couple of weeks before their planned harvest. Maria and Raffaele Papalia planted the tree on the verge outside their home 20 years ago and press the olives each year to make oil. Don’t we all get their frustration!
The first quarter of the year has passed already and we’re now well into 2018 with Friday Olive Extracts(FOE), bringing all the latest industry news and events to your Inbox every week. THE place to share olive industry news, event details and reminders, the weekly format introduced in 2017 has made our industry e-newsletter even…
Expressions of interest are now open from olive levy payers interested in being appointed to the Hort Innovation Director Nomination Committee. All appropriate, eligible, skilled levy payers are encouraged to attend one of the information sessions being conducted around the country to learn more about the role and the process. If you are unable to…
An ambitious and entrepreneurial Kalgoorlie couple have their sights set on revolutionising the multi-billion dollar shaving industry and saving the environment in the process. Although they did not know it at the time, the day Paul and Rosey Buckle discovered they could save money and support the environment by dunking their razors into olive oil…
If you’ve got something industry-related to sell, you can now reach your target market directly with Olivebiz Classifieds. Our new online Classifieds service is an easy and inexpensive solution to advertising your unwanted equipment, extra oil – or even your grove. And if there’s something you’re looking for, it’s the ideal way to get the…
01-May-2018 By Gary Scattergood The Australian organic industry has been ‘conservatively’ estimated to stand at $2.4bn this year, an 88% increase from 2012, with exports to Asia – most notably China and Japan – enjoying strong growth.