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It was believed that during the 1960’s, most people took a shot of olive oil every breakfast as part of their diet. Especially for those who work out all day…
Olive oil, black pepper, bread and cheese – restaurants and artisan ice cream makers are finding success with savoury flavours but will European manufacturers and retailers follow?
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.…
French 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.
They 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…
Pompeian 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…
On 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…
With 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…
The 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…
New 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…