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The NSW Department of Industry is seeking expressions of interest from NSW food businesses to co-exhibit on the ‘Flavours of NSW’ stand at Fine Food 2016. The event is the…
Sometimes you can tell a lot about a person’s professional goals from a job application, especially one to lead an intergovernmental organization. On Abdellatif Ghedira’s official submission for the executive…
The price of olive oil purchased by shoppers in supermarkets in the UK increased by an average of 1.6% in 2015, according to the latest analysis of consumer goods sales…
Europe’s consumers are facing a 20% rise in the price of olive oil after bad weather and disease devastated the continent’s olive harvest. Olive farmers in Spain and Italy, meanwhile,…
Out of twenty extra virgin olive oils, seven tested at production facilities and thirteen taken from retail stores, which were controlled last year by the Agricultural Inspection, six did not…
This article, published in Edible Silicon Valley, is a great read, telling the story of the California olive oil industry through conversations with four producers. It’s amazing how much it…
When it comes to Italy’s famed extra-virgin olive oils, terroir plays a critical role just as in wine. The authentic, top-quality oil comes exclusively from handpicked, freshly cold-pressed olives grown…
According to UF/IFAS-led research, buying extra virgin olive oil from olives grown in Florida might soon become a reality. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, a UF/IFAS entomology professor is leading a study of…
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…
Italy 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…