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A post-harvest pruning workshop will be held in Canberra by SOGA (Southern Olive Growers Association) on Friday, 2 July at the EXPO Grove. The venue is EPIC (northern end of Canberra Showground) and the workshop will commence at 10am.
Plans are very much underway to stage the first ever New Zealand Olive Festival which will be based in Hawke’s Bay. It has been confirmed the event will run on the 18th September at Sileni Estate.
The Mornington Peninsula Olive Association is delighted to announce the first “Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Table Olive Awards 2010.”
These awards will cover all areas of Australia. Entries will close on 16th August 2010.
Following its inaugural participation at AUSPACK 09, newly formed engineered solutions provider to the food and beverage industries – FB*PAK, has continued on its strategic growth path with a number of exciting business development initiatives.
A Prospectus inviting investors to participate in a $30 million capital raising by Kailis Organic Olives Groves to fund the purchase of the Great Southern Olive Assets has been approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Italy and Spain have dominated at the 9th International Olive Award, held as part of the 9th International Olive Congress – Zurich 2010.
Biological Farmers of Australia’s 2010 Organic Roadshows are now underway, and will be rolling out across Australia until November. The events enable the BFA to take the organic message out to communities nation-wide, providing up-to-date information for the initiated and the simply curious.
Steady rains throughout a mild season have turned the tide for Tasmanian olive growers, who are expecting a good harvest this year.
When it comes to olive oil processing, cold pressing is the only way to go. That’s the philosophy behind Pitruzzello Estate, a family-owned olive and wine producing company based in Sunbury, Victoria.
The postponed Olives NSW CoP workshop will be held from 9am to 12 noon on Wednesday 21st April at the Riverine Club Wagga.