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Entries are now open for the 2017 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards, with organisers preparing for another highly competitive event. Last year saw the 20th anniversary of the competition, marked by a change of name and a number of new classes. The changes saw a dramatic increase in entries from recent years, including 49 for the…
Australia’s competition scene has now gone global, with the announcement of the inaugural Australian International Olive Awards. Replacing the Australian National Olive Competition, the AOA’s annual competition this year becomes an international event, including oil and table olive entries from both northern and southern hemisphere producers. The judging panel offers a wealth of global olive…
The government has launched negotiations to open new markets to Australian farmers through a free trade agreement (FTA) with Peru. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said that the industries expected to benefit from the agreement included the kangaroo meat industry, beef, horticulture and wine.
It started with Hunter region olive oil meeting a hot pan. Then the East Maitland potatoes, spices, curry leaves, Mount Vincent eggplant, and coconut milk helped create a sizzling aroma that only beef and potato curry can do justice. What a great recipe! Not only specifying fresh, local EVOO but also promoting the versatility of…
Recently I was presented with a menu that offered bread served with EVOO. My companion immediately queried this acronym. I hesitated and then realised it is, of course, the ‘now’ term for extra virgin olive oil. What do we like best about this article? The lines: “So how do we avoid buying oil that has…
Keeping the Sydney Opera House healthy and clean is an act of love by Steve Tsoukalas for the “other woman” in his life. Over the past 12 years, the 72-year-old cleaner and maintenance guru has been responsible for a green cleaning revolution at the Opera House by pioneering the use of bicarbonate of soda, white…
The ACCC is running a free webinar for Australian food businesses, looking at the new Country of Origin Food Labelling (CoOL) Information Standard. ACCC Deputy Chair Dr Michael Schaper will join representatives from peak industry groups for the webinar, which will focus on the practical issues for businesses complying with the new food labelling requirements,…
A team of ecologists at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in the UK have released a study in which they constructed a scientific model which may be able to predict how Xylella fastidiosa will spread. https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-business/study-predicts-spread-xylella-pathogen-olive-trees/57191?utm_source=Olive+Oil+Times&utm_campaign=9ddc23cfa4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfd25322ac-9ddc23cfa4-213160813
Last fall, researchers at Wright State University announced they had found that emerald ash borer can develop from larvae to adulthood on a species of olive tree. Today, that study is published online in the Journal of Economic Entomology.
In the summer of 1965, a team of researchers at the University of Florida formulated a carbohydrate-electrolyte beverage to help their football players cope with heat and heat-related illnesses. Since the university football team is the Florida Gators, they named the breakthrough thirst-quenching beverage Gatorade. Today, two researchers at the University of Louisiana Monroe are…