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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…
Imagine tasting the best of the world’s extra virgin olive oils in “the big apple”! Extra Virgin Olive Oil Savantes has been held in New York since 2012 and returns…
Entries are now open for the New York International Olive Oil Competition, being held from 14-16 April 2015. Entries are placed into categories including organic and non-organic, blends and mono-ovarietals,…
Internationally accredited olive oil competition, the Armonia Olive Oil Championship, will be taking place in December this year. Now in its third year, the competition is open to all small…
The Waiheke Olive and Artisan Food Festival is being held on November 22-23 at Rangihoua Estate, Rocky Bay, from 11-5pm each day. Organisers say the Olive Festival has become of…
The Olives New Zealand AGM & Conference will be held on 28 March 2015 in Auckland, NZ, followed by an Advanced Processor Course on 29 March, also in Auckland. We’ll…
The head of leading European food importing business William Aitken & Co is delighted the New Zealand Heart Foundation is now directly ‘advising Kiwis to continue using unsaturated plant oils…
A leading Northland olive grove producing award-winning olive oil for a growing local and international market has been placed on the market for sale. Chapel Olive Oil is a productive…
The 2014 Grove Census, conducted by Olives New Zealand, is being sent out to participants in November. Of particular interest will be 2014 harvest crop and yield figures, as these…
Most people go to the Enoteca Properzio wine shop and restaurant in this medieval Umbrian hill town to sample its fine selection of wines. But we were a pretty sober…