Jul 29, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil Shows, Seminars/Conference
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days will be seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling...
Jul 29, 2016 | Australia, Courses/Education, Marketing, Olive business
The Hunter Olive Handbook was officially launched on July 10 at the Shalumar grove of Hunter Olive Association treasurer Alan Smith. The result of a comprehensive research project undertaken by the organisation, the handbook is designed as a practical reference guide...
Jun 27, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive business
The key dates have been announced for the 2016 Australian National EVOO and Table Olives Competition, so lock them in to your calendar. Key dates: Entries opened on 10 June and close on 2 September, with judging on 10 September for table olives and 16-17 September for...
Jun 27, 2016 | Australia, General Olive News, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Rob McGavin has led Boundary Bend to win over increasingly educated Australian consumers. With his company’s expansion to the world’s largest market, the odds of finding award-winning Cobram Estate olive oils at a store near you are getting better every...
Jun 27, 2016 | Australia, Environment, General Olive News
A recent display of ACT Heritage Registered Trees at the ACT Heritage Library in Woden included a poster featuring osage orange trees and three olive trees (Olea europaea) on the site of the former Charnwood Homestead in Fraser. When registered in August last year,...
Jun 27, 2016 | Australia, General Olive News, Olive business, Olive Oil News
For the first time in eight years, Broken Hill’s olive grove sits unpicked. The former mine site is known for producing award-wining olive oil, but soaking rain in the region has had an adverse effect on the orchard. Gary Ferguson from Broken Hill Gourmet...