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The 2016 Olives New Zealand Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 19 March at Wairarapa. Further information will be sent to members in January.
Olives New Zealand is offering a two day seminar on “How Processing Practice impacts on Quality (e.g. Gold medals) and Quantity”, being held in Auckland on 7-8 April 2016. “Processing…
Expression of interests are being sought from olive industry enthusiasts for positions on the National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition Organising Committee. Chaired by AOA CEO Lisa Rowntree and…
The Board of the Australian Olive Association (AOA) has appointed Peter O’Meara as the new President of the AOA, active from late November. O’Meara is the owner of Adina Vineyard…
AOA President Paul Miller has stepped down from the position, heralding one of the most significant changes in industry leadership in years. Miller has held the position since 2001, a…
Paul Miller, President Australian Olive Association, 28 September 2001 to 23 November 2015 1. Brief Biography I was born in Yea, Victoria in 1956. I grew up on a small…
The Croatian Minister of Agriculture, Tihomir Jakovina, presented 20 local olive oil producers with the official label “Istrian Extra Virgin Olive Oil” last month at the Center for the Development…
The Righetti High School Future Farmers of America are preparing to enter a new sort of crop business as they approach the new year – the olive oil industry. Students…
Over 30 trade-association led campaigns promoting everything from olive oil to fresh meat have been named the recipients of the latest round of EU funding for agri-food products.
Panayotis Karantonis, director of ESVITE, the Greek Association of Olive Oil Processors and Packers, and a member of the IOC advisory committee, said he expects 275,000 to 300,000 metric tons…