Jan 23, 2015 | NZ, Olive business, Seminars/Conference, Table Olive News
Subject to viable numbers, Olives New Zealand is offering two additional seminars in conjunction with the 2015 Conference, both to be run by Simon Field, managing director of Victorian organically-certified extra virgin olive oil and table olive producer Salsi Pty...
Jan 23, 2015 | NZ, Olive business, Seminars/Conference
The 2015 Olives ZN Conference will be held on 28 March at the Sudima Auckland Airport Hotel, followed by two workshops on 29 March. Presenters and event details are: Conference Day One – Best Practice Processing: Rafael Muela is a second generation olive grower...
Dec 11, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, NZ, Olive business, Olive Oil News
New Zealand’s largest olive oil producer will look to capitalise on Europe’s disastrous olive harvest. South European olive production has been hit by an olive fly and unfavourable weather which in some instances have seen tonnages plunge by more than 50%....
Dec 11, 2014 | NZ, Table Olive News
Who knew that olives didn’t come in rainbow colours? Well … me, actually. I naively thought that olives grew in all colours, like tomatoes, carrots or capsicums. And in the past I have enjoyed eating them from a bowl with a drink in the evening. But now I...
Dec 11, 2014 | International News/Trends, NZ, Olive business, Olives and Health, Research
Auckland-based European food importing business William Aitken & Co is delighted a publication authored by several senior international medical figures in the latest prestigious Postgraduate Medical Journal encourages people to focus on eating healthy whole foods...