Oct 12, 2015 | Australia, Environment, Olive Oil News
An organic farmer in Western Australia whose crop was contaminated with genetically modified (GM) canola from a neighbouring farm has lost his court appeal for compensation. Steve Marsh of Kojonup lost organic certification over most of his farmland in 2010 after...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Olive business
It has been a solid year for Australian olive growers, with the industry producing almost 20 million litres of high quality oil this season. National production figures are almost five million litres higher than last year. However, the crop fell short of the 22...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Environment, Olive Oil News, Organic
The Organic Federation of Australia was saddened to see the result of the Supreme Court decision last Thursday, in the Steve Marsh/Baxter GM Contamination case in Western Australia. Steve and Susan are working through their options, and the Organic Federation of...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions
The 2015 Sydney Spring Fine Food Show Olive Oil Competition achieved a record 136 entries, with the competition saw judges tasting the finest olive oils, in addition to olives and olive products. The organisers said all nine Champion winners were unique producers in...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions, Equipment
The Australian olive industry has developed rapidly since the early 2000s and one of the biggest innovations has been the mechanisation of harvesting.Boundary Bend Victoria production manager, Ryan Norton, has spent the past 15 years helping to build Cobram Estate in...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Competitions, Olive business, Table Olive News
An innovative introduced to the 2014 and 2015 AOA and Olives SA Table Olive Competitions was the inclusion in both the testing and blind tastings of 20 commercial green, black and Kalamata table olive products purchased from local supermarkets. Convenor of the...
