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The Hunter Olive Show is on again this year, with Steve Mitchell once again at the helm. Entries are now open across all categories: Mild, Medium and Robust styles of…
Read MoreThe more popular organic products become, the greater the risk that fraudulent operators will ride on the coat-tails of genuine certification, the head of Australia’s organic farmers’ industry body warned…
Read MoreThe Brasserie Bread Italian bread range is now made using ALTO’s beautiful olive oil. We’re using one of their olive oils designed for use in the kitchen – while Robust…
Read MoreAn international journalism award called “Reporter Gourmet” has been created to reward the best contributions about Italian olive oil and its olive-growing heritage, and to promote its appeal more widely.…
Read MoreSpanish olive oils have experienced price increases of over 20% on predictions of a weak upcoming harvest, according to El Pais. Currently extra virgin olive oil is pricing at 2.20…
Read MoreA draft law submitted to the Turkey’s Parliament pertaining to the official designation of olive fields could threaten the livelihood of 500,000 farm families in the country, as daily Today’s…
Read MoreA two-year effort to study the effectiveness of Greek EVOO marketing abroad was recently released. Dimitris Karavasilis, international marketing consultant and founder of DK Consultants presented his self-funded research at…
Read MoreDavid Granieri, the 35 year-old owner of a farm in Nerola, was elected by the members’ assembly as the new chairman of Unaprol, Europe’s biggest olive oil producers’ consortium. Granieri,…
Read MoreThe California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is facing a big workload. At a public hearing on July 15 in Sacramento, California, 49 witnesses testified on proposed olive oil…
Read MoreOlive oil imports to Japan continue to grow, with Greece posting record export amounts in 2012 and 2013. Japan imported about 54,000 tons of olive oil and olive pomace oil…
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