Sep 16, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business
A cruel year for local crops, 2016 showed no kindness to the olive industry, with one producer having seen his harvest drop by more than four-fifths. And while last year, the small family business was inundated with requests to press the olives of other growers, only...
Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Any traveler who has driven through Andalusia and more specifically through the province of Jaén can tell you of its spectacular landscape, dotted with millions of olive trees. Their seemingly infinite existence has been christened the Mar de Olivos or “Sea of...
Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Perfect weather over the last few months has created conditions for a strong olive harvest in Italy, both for quantity and quality. But in recent days the climate has also become quite favorable for the proliferation of Bactrocera Oleae, also called olive fruit fly. A...
Aug 31, 2016 | Diet/Food, Environment, International News/Trends
Like any other home gardener, former UC Co-operative Extension horticulture adviser Paul Vossen, 59, still gets excited by the discovery of a few red, juicy tomatoes ripening on his own vines.
Aug 24, 2016 | Australia, Environment, Olive business, Suppliers & Announcements
The AOA has issued an alert regarding a possible new biosecurity threat which has affected olives in Spain, Italy and the US. More information about this threat and what to do if you think you have it, can be found in the information prepared by the AOA, available on...
Jul 29, 2016 | Environment, General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The significant number of scientific studies that have found powerful links between extra virgin olive oil and human health keep on coming, and the International Olive Council (IOC) June 2016 newsletter reports another exciting win-win, this time for the environment....
