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Exports from the Greek island of Crete nearly doubled to €295 million for the first six months of 2015 according to Alkiviadis Kalabokis, president of the Exporters’ Association of Crete.…
Read MoreFrench retailers have unveiled an alternative ‘simplified’ nutrition label which rivals the five-coloured label and banishes the red traffic light that they cast as discriminatory against certain foods.
Read MoreThey arrived in cardboard boxes, plastic storage bins and the not-so-cool trash cans – more than 9,000 pounds of olives. In a matter of hours, they were all one big…
Read MorePompeian Group, a leading US olive oil brand, and a subsidiary of Spain’s Dcoop Group, the world’s top olive oil producer, have entered into a partnership through an exchange of…
Read MoreOn October 26, dozens of volunteers in the Athens suburb of Glyfada began harvesting olives from trees growing on public land in order to provide oil for local residents in…
Read MoreWith funding now secured thanks to outstanding grower support, the ONZ Focus Grove Project is off and running. A round of preliminary visits to the four Focus Groves is occuring…
Read MoreThe 2015 Grove Census has been emailed out to all Olives New Zealand members and a good number have been returned. Grower assistance in completing the Grove Census and returning…
Read MoreNew Zealand shoppers should buy homegrown rather than imported olive oil, local growers say. Imported oil is tipped to rise in price by between $1-$1.50 a 1-litre bottle after a…
Read MoreThat home-made olive-oil dressing could cost you more in just a few weeks. New Zealand importer of European foods, William Aitken & Co, says this month a shortage of supply…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s best olive oil this year is a mellow grassy green, thick and fragrant, peppery and charged with subtle fruitiness. It comes from 20-year-old trees grown on a warm…
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