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A sting operation in Italy has yielded an unlikely cache of loot: over 85,000 tonnes of freshly painted green olives that police just seized from food counterfeiters. The Guardian reported…
Read MoreItaly will train Kurdish farmers working in olive groves and open a plant in Kurdistan to make olive oil, local farming officials told Rudaw. Samir Ismael, an agricultural official in…
Read MoreChefs often add olive oil to spaghetti. Now a study finds that olive oil and other vegetable oils can also help make one type of fiber - essentially plastic spaghetti - super-strong. Researchers stumbled…
Read MoreThe 2016 World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE) will be held on March 2-3 in Madrid, Spain. The annual international exhibition and trade fair serves as a meeting place for olive…
Read MoreThe Olive Oil Academy is running the eighth edition of its Olive Oil Sommelier Course from 18-22 April 2016 at Lake Garda, Italy. Open to food lovers, olive oil tasters,…
Read MoreThe Olives NZ Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 19 March at the Carterton Events Centre in the Wairarapa. There are no Executive positions due for nomination and…
Read MoreThere are only a few places left for Olives New Zealand’s info-packed two day processing seminar, “How Processing Practice Impacts on Quality (e.g. Gold medals) and Quantity”, a must-do event…
Read MoreStands are now available for the annual Food Writers NZ May Market Day, an opportunity to showcase products and meet food writers, bloggers and corporate members in an informal setting.…
Read MoreThe Olives NZ Executive has welcomed Niall Holland as the new Chair of the Canterbury Branch. With his wife Jan Whyte, Niall owns the award-winning 1000-tree Old French Road olive…
Read MoreHarvest 2016 is getting closer … thanks to all the small-batch processors who have contacted us with their details; they’re now on our register, which we’re referencing already to connect…
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