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The 2015 harvest has commenced in Northland, with growers reporting pleasing crop loads. The Olives New Zealand Certification program, in conjunction with the oil testing service at Wagga Wagga (Aust),…
It continues to be sold. I continue to be amazed. Pomace olive oil is what I’m talking about, in all its overpriced toxic splendour. The fact that something has the…
If you’re in the Balonne and Border Rivers regions of Queensland, there’s funding currently available to help understand and develop markets. The Queensland Government’s High Value Horticulture Value Chains project…
Attendee registrations have now opened for the Naturally Good Expo, a business event for the certified organic and natural products industry. The expo is not open to the general public;…
EU member states are divided on how to stop the spread of a disease affecting olive trees in Italy that could result in around a million being cut down, officials…
The European Commission has proposed cutting down up to 11 million olive trees in South Italy to contain the spread of Xylella fastidiosa. The bacterium spread by insects has been…
Applications are being sought for more than $11 million in grants to improve market access for small exporters of dairy, meat, egg, fish, horticulture and grain products. Examples of suitable…
The first Cretan Olive Oil Competition was held in the laboratory of organoleptic evaluation at the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives in Rethymno, Crete, Greece on March 21-22, 2015. This competition,…
The AGM of Olives New Zealand was held on Saturday, 28 March and attended by 37 people. The following were confirmed for a new term on the executive: Andrew Taylor…
When is the best time to hold a table olive competition? This is the question the AOA has been pondering for a number of years. They’ve trialled holding the competition…