Mar 10, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends, Technology/Science
Agricultural tomato wastes could be used to produce valuable functional ingredients as part of a sustainable strategy that uses sustainable extraction methods and contributes to a bio-economy, say researchers. There’s a great R&D report on this topic in the March...
Mar 2, 2017 | Environment, General Olive News, International News/Trends
Expert ecologists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have devised a scientific model which could help predict the spread of the deadly Xylella fastidiosa which is threatening to destroy Europe’s olive trees. Don’t miss our update on Xylella...
Feb 23, 2017 | Environment, General Olive News, International News/Trends
South Africa’s olive industry is set to take a blow from recent wildfires that have plagued the Western Cape region, an area home to most of the country’s olive farms. South African Olive Farmers Feel the Heat as Wildfires Take Their Toll...
Feb 23, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business
Olive growers fear that the killer bacteria Xylella fastidiosa could be set to spread massively with the announcement of a new outbreak in Spain, which is Europe’s largest olive oil producer. Don’t miss our update on Xylella fastidiosa activity across the globe in the...
Feb 16, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business
The olive oil shortage is coming, says Walter Zanre, boss of Filippo Berio UK, the nation’s best-selling olive oil brand, and it will be much worse than anyone realises. “Look at these numbers,” he says, spreading out sheets of data on olive harvests around the world....
Feb 16, 2017 | Environment, International News/Trends
The internet is pregnant with the potential to deliver us from apathy and misinformation. With the promise of an unlimited, uncensored smorgasbord of information, we should no longer live like mushrooms, fed dung in the dark. It seems that enlightenment is now within...
