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New Zealand’s largest olive oil producer will look to capitalise on Europe’s disastrous olive harvest. South European olive production has been hit by an olive fly and unfavourable weather which…
Who knew that olives didn’t come in rainbow colours? Well … me, actually. I naively thought that olives grew in all colours, like tomatoes, carrots or capsicums. And in the…
Auckland-based European food importing business William Aitken & Co is delighted a publication authored by several senior international medical figures in the latest prestigious Postgraduate Medical Journal encourages people to…
A perfumer from Oxford who promised to supply extra virgin olive oil to a South Devon business breached unfair trading regulations by sending an inferior mixture. Paul Frank Carter pleaded…
Residents near Gingin are counting the cost of violent weather that tore through the region on Wednesday and caused them to fear for their lives. Bushfire, torrential rain, tornado-like winds,…
Travelling in Greece as a young woman piqued Annetta Paterson’s first interest in growing olive trees. The young woman from the Alpine high country of East Gippsland, whose family has…
The Naturally Good Expo tradeshow and conference for the natural, organic, free-from, Fairtrade and sustainable products market, will be held in Sydney from 3-4 May 2015. The event is an…
To bring the NZ industry into line with other olive growing regions, the Olives NZ executive has approved that the withholding periods for commonly used pesticides be changed: 1. to…
With a goal to promote knowledge and appreciation for the benefits of producing, sharing and using extra virgin olive oil, the Escuela Valenciana de Cata hosted the latest in its…
While worldwide production of olive oil is having an off year, the harvest in Tunisia is shaping up to be one of the best ever. Perfect weather conditions for productivity…