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Milan Expo 2015, which begins in early May, will dedicate a day to Italian extra-virgin olive oil, building on a major industry exhibition in Trieste, local business leaders said Tuesday.
With a poor harvest of olives in traditional high-producing countries like Spain and Italy pushing global production to a 15-year-low and driving up the price of olive oil, it’s more…
What is happening to the battleship Spanish olive oil? Was to dominate the world but increasingly difficult, with signals that are alarmed by all operators. After the protest of olive…
The first Mediterranean Diet Roundtable will bring together doctors and nutritionists along with food industry professionals, manufacturers, trade organisations and agencies as well as foodservice representatives in an effort to…
Atop the Acropolis of Athens stands an olive tree that is a symbol of hundreds of years of dedication and reverence. Although this is not the ‘original’ tree honoured by…
Olives NZ reports that the current European shortage of EVOO, due to bad weather and pest destruction of trees in Italy, has already seen increased interest in NZ EVOO. A…
Auckland-based European food importing business William Aitken & Co says consumers need to brace themselves in 2015 for price increases for Mediterranean olive oil following a difficult growing season and…
Hampshire’s Test Valley in Southern England has good soils, well-drained hillsides, long cold winters, hot dry summers, and sometimes it rains unexpectedly for two years straight. It could be New…
The 2015 ONZ AGM will be held at Greytown next Saturday, 28 March, starting at 11am. Morning tea will be available from 10.30 and to assist in seating and catering,…
The FOE and Olivegrower team regularly have enquiries from people looking for small-batch processors: it’s not uncommon for ‘home’ olive growers to want to produce their own oil, and weather-induced…