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Taiwan was informed by Spanish officials as early as 2009 that two local firms were selling adulterated cooking oils and passing them off as pure imports from Spain, the Food…
The future of the International Olive Council is among key topics to be discussed at the annual session of its decision-making organ, the Council of Members, in Madrid this week.…
The New Zealand olive industry has said goodbye to one of its original members, Morry Vickers, who passed away recently. Vickers was one of the country’s first growers in the…
From all accounts, flowering is looking excellent across most of New Zealand’s olive-growing regions. While it’s great to see, Olives New Zealand has issued a word of caution to growers…
New Zealand’s prime minister is looking to put his country’s relationship back on track with Thailand after the damaging botulism crisis in August by embarking on a trade visit of…
The Olives New Zealand Focus Grove Project Proposal has now been submitted to the Sustainable Farming Fund for consideration. The three year project aims to identify, trial and measure best…
The 2014 Olives New Zealand Conference and AGM will be held in Wellington on Saturday, 22 March at the Brentwood Hotel, starting at 8.30am with the AGM and finishing at…
The AOA will soon be disseminating a survey regarding the current R&D priorities, aiming to ensure that these are still relevant to levy payers today. CEO Lisa Rowntree said the…
More than 850 investors are in no mood to hold out the olive branch, after losing $39 million in a failed investment scheme in Queensland. Lawyers Slater & Gordon are…
The AOA has also placed a generic “How to Choose an Olive Oil” full page colour advertisement in the December/January edition of the “Super Foods” magazine, which is on the…