May 26, 2017 | Environment, General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive business
Five years ago, a group of neighboring farmers in Sierra de Cazorla, Spain saw their 500-year old olive trees slowly dying. They took courses in organic farming and decided to work together to restore their groves, produce high-quality olive oil and establish a model...
May 26, 2017 | Environment, General Olive News, NZ
New Zealand’s olive producers were forced to delay harvesting this season as lack of sun and torrential rain resulted in the fruit ripening late. As the harvesting season should have been underway, New Zealand was battered by storms and cyclones in the worst weather...
May 26, 2017 | Australia, General Olive News, Olive business
Boundary Bend Olives says, depending on the weather, it should experience one of its best olive seasons this year. The company’s co-founder Rob McGavin says hopefully there won’t be too much rain during the harvest, which began about a month ago at its orchard at...
May 18, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
I am quite sure that when we hear of Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, most of us think of speck, strudel, and Muller-Thurgau. The same happens with the denomination of Veneto Valpolicella, which recalls some good red wines. Despite this, it should surprise no one that...
May 18, 2017 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Seminars/Conference
The Lone Star State is about to get its first conference for a burgeoning olive industry. The daylong conference, scheduled for June 16, 2017, at the Freeman Coliseum Expo Hall A, in San Antonio, is aimed at both aspiring and established growers. Texas to Host First...
May 18, 2017 | General Olive News, NZ, Olives and Health
A natural substitute for the morning after pill has been found in olives. Eating handfuls of olives will not prevent pregnancy, but a chemical found within them can stop a sperm from reaching an egg, the Daily Mail reports. The natural compound, also found in grapes...