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U of A students will soon be picking the olive trees on campus, to make olive oil. It is all part of a campus sustainability project. The olive trees on the campus…
Agri-Vie, a private equity fund that invests in agribusiness companies in sub-Saharan Africa, believes demand for table olives is set to grow across the continent. Agri-Vie, headquartered in South Africa,…
Growers’ claims that abusive behavior in the olive oil sector is driving down ex-mill prices may be investigated by Catalonia’s competition watchdog. According to Catalan farmer group Unió de Pagesos,…
On September 19 the European Parliament in Brussels hosted an event titled “towards a better understanding of the consumption of olive oil.” It was inspired by Copa Cogeca, the EU…
Prosecutors and health officials raided a Changhua County cooking oil maker Wednesday based on tips that the company’s olive oil products are not as pure as it claims. Authorities seized…
Time, patience and a lot of money. Those are the things an olive oil producer needs to grow a brand in the world’s biggest market, according to the category manager…
Isabelina Trading Company has launched the UK’s first power-packed ultra-filtered extra virgin olive oil. A revolution in olive oil production, the unique ultra-filtration method removes all impurities and sediment from…
Michael O’Hara Garcia doesn’t have an exact reason the olive industry is starting to spring up in Florida. “That’s a really good question,” the president of the Florida Olive Council…
Egypt plans to cultivate one million new olive trees in Sinai, agriculture and land reclamation minister Ayman Farid Abou-Hadid announced in a statement Sunday.
Olive oil sales are showing the first signs of recovery from an unprecedented slump in sales brought about by soaring prices.