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It’s about as far from the Mediterranean as you can get, but experiments in producing quality olive oil from cooler weather olive tree varieties are showing promise in western Oregon,…
Reading the articles by Athan Gadanidis on the decreasing prices of olive oil in Greece and the country’s failure to fully exploit its rich olive oil resources brought to mind…
The first of three meetings to support the nomination of the “Piana degli Ulivi” (Plain of Olive Trees) to be inserted in the Unesco World Heritage list took place in…
The results of the 13th edition of the Sol d’Oro North Hemisphere 2015 competition have been revealed and Italy nearly swept the awards winning 14 out of 15 medals, while…
Since December, the second phase of a three-year campaign promoting olive oil is underway in India after being first launched in January 2014. With the slogan “Join the Olive Oil…
Following the recent epidemic of Xylella fastidiosa in the Apulia region of south Italy which affected several thousands hectares of olive plantations, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned…
Australia’s biggest olive oil producer, the Chris Corrigan-backed family business, Boundary Bend Ltd, has just finished its first olive crush in California, and is now in the midst of launching…
The dates and venue for the this year’s AOA Olive Industry Conference & Trade Exhibition have just been announced. The event will be held from Monday, 14 September to Wednesday,…
The AOA is informing growers that a new permit for chemical treatment of anthracnose on olives has been issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), as follows:…
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…