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Judging has finished for the 2013 NZ EVOO Awards – and it sure was a tough one this year. The judging panel has reported some excellent oils, which will no…
(University of Arizona) students have obtained a UA Green Fund grant of roughly $7,000 to harvest olive, citrus and mesquite trees on campus. The UA already harvests mesquite trees to…
Rajasthan has managed to strike oil. Encouraged by the success of its pilot olive production project, the state government is planning to begin commercial extraction of the oil of the…
Wednesday’s vote by the European parliament on proposed limits for biofuels has the power to determine future prices of food stuffs like vegetable oil, according to a report by the…
Some 130,000 tons of olives are expected to be produced for packaging and oil production in the current Iranian year (started March 21). Announcing this, Alireza Esmaeili, deputy agriculture jihad…
Food product recalls can be extremely costly—in more ways than one. Read on for information on a free Food Safety and Testing 2013 web event being presented by FoodProductionDaily.com.
Olive oil imports into the crucial North American market have slipped slightly from last season, according to the latest newsletter from the International Olive Council. Imports of olive oil and…
The Institute for Olive Tree and Subtropical Plants in Chania, Crete has become a leader in research and education for the olive oil sector in Greece. In the last five…
New figures show olive oil consumption is down in Cyprus due to the economic crisis hitting the country. According to a new study by the Greek Embassy in Cyprus, private…
Yet another use has been found for olive pits and this time it’s to provide an apparently tough but safe abrasive cleaner from Procter & Gamble. The consumer products giant…