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The traditional art of olive making has been taught to young primary school children as they learn more about Chanukah. ‘It was a nice experience for them to see from…
Read MoreEntries for the autumn classes of the Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards (RMFFA are now open to producers nationally. The bi-annual awards (Autumn and Spring), are conducted by the Royal…
Read MoreThe regional union of agricultural farmers (syndicat régional des agriculteurs) in Sfax, Tunisia called for the National Oil Office (Office National de l’Huile) to take swift action to regulate the…
Read MoreAn innovative European project has been studying ways to convert waste from olive oil production into electricity. Biogas2PEM-FC is an EU-funded industrial research project co-ordinated by PowerCell, a Swedish fuel…
Read MoreLike many European countries, this year’s olive harvest in Turkey is not meeting expectations, reports the Turkish daily Hürriyet. Over the past month the wholesale price of extra virgin olive…
Read MoreGoing from one extreme to the other, California farmers are welcoming what some are calling “biblical rain” that will bring relief from this year’s historic drought. While this single storm,…
Read MoreThe growing popularity of olive oil has driven more intensive systems of olive tree cultivation, writes Kieran Cooke. But they are vulnerable to the kind of extreme weather that has…
Read MoreThe leading Nordic fuel cell technology company PowerCell has announced a technology developing project to convert toxic waste from olive oil production into electricity.
Read MoreWhile many producers in Italy and other European countries ruefully sum up the small, if any, output of their harvest and are faced with a poor income, some others are…
Read MoreThe Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Sultanate of Oman declared the historical achievement: “The olive trees of Jabal al-Akhdar gave generously plentiful of their oil this season.”
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