Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Olive Oil News
The annual Arts in the Olives Festival is on again, making it the 9th year for this highly successful community event. As usual the event is being held on Mothers’ Day, 8 May, at Worendo Olive Grove in the Lost World Valley, about an hour and a half’s drive south of...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive Oil News
Australians love it when one of their own take on the world and win. But few would expect Aussie victory in something as distinctly European as olive oils. At the world’s largest olive oil awards – the New York International Olive Oil Competition – Australian...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil Shows
The second annual Harvest Open Day will be held on Sunday, May 8 at Nangkita Olive Grove, Tooperang. Last year’s event was a huge success, attracting visitors across the state to the Fleurieu grove. It’s a jam-packed day of olive education, including olive oil tasting...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Olives and Health
Once in a while a pleasing study reminds us that the bland life is not the better (AKA healthier) life. Studies that makes you want to unshackle your confined soul and swim naked in the Sydney Skinny. Oh to have more journos like Sarah … this is great,...
Feb 16, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, International News/Trends, NZ
Entries are now open for the fourth JOOP (Japan Olive Oil Prize) Contest, being held in Tokyo in June 2016. Organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ICCJ), the contest aims to promote extra virgin olive oils of all origins in Japan through quality...