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The 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…
Olive 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…
EU authorities will withdraw more than $340 million of agricultural funding from Greece because of its lapses in connection to olive oil and arable crops, the European Court of Justice…
Andalucia has become Spain’s top exporter of goods to the USA and it’s largely thanks to the Yanks’ love of olive oil.
The judging panel for the 2014 NZ EVOO Awards has now been announced, and it’s an impressive line-up indeed. Making up the panel are international head judge Franca Camurati, from…
ONZ members are now receiving an extra benefit from Certification, with the results also including each oil’s polyphenol content. Polyphenols are nature’s antioxidants and are a major source of EVOO’s…
Olives New Zealand have provided a reminder that New Zealand producers will be affected by the implementation of the new Food Act 2014. Some elements of the Act are already…
Editor, The Beacon: I am a 74-year Washington resident, 45 years in Mukilteo. We live half the time in New Zealand, and have spent 14 years planting, growing and harvesting…
Entries are now open for this internationally-accredited competition, open to small and independent olive oil producers in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. With its strong culinary emphasis, Armonia brings…
It can be drizzled over a salad or used as a cooking condiment but what’s the story behind olive oils from the crop to the bottle? The weather is a…