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The president of the Italian Olive Industry Association (Assitol), Giovanni Zucchi, has called for a new classification of olive oil products across the global industry. The request is born out…
Read MoreIn partnership with agricultural professors and researchers from the University of Florida, a small but ambitious group of growers from Florida have thrown their hat into the olive-farming and olive…
Read MoreIn a move that Israel has denounced as discriminatory, the European Union has announced that a new set of guidelines for the export of consumer products had been put in…
Read MoreThe European Commission says it will provide seven million euros (£5m) to fund research into a disease that poses a “very serious threat” to olive trees. The announcement was made…
Read MoreONZ Focus Grove Project field days The November mini Field Days held in Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Canterbury and Wairarapa were well supported by members keen to learn how to proactively…
Read MoreAround half of the 2015 Grove Census forms have now been returned, with a hole in particular remaining for information from the country’s larger growers. EO Gayle Sheridan said grower…
Read MoreA Marlborough crayfisherman’s award-winning olive oil has all the components to rival the best of any overseas producer, judges say. Trevor Burkhart’s ‘Burkhart Family Estate 2015’ produced extra virgin oil…
Read MoreHorticulture Innovation Australia is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified growers and other supply chain stakeholders for the Olive Levy Strategic Investment Advisory Panels (SIAP). This is your chance…
Read MoreAward winning Australian olive oil manufacturer Cobram Estate in February will extend its reach into the competitive US market, which it says suffers a dearth of high quality, extra virgin…
Read MoreThe world’s top olive oil-producing region educates its youth, turning them into extra virgin ambassadors. Over the course of last week, 156 schools across the region of Jaén, Spain, and…
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