Apr 20, 2017 | Diet/Food, NZ
Hardly a day passes without some new edict being issued about the food we should be avoiding. Superfoods are worshipped one minute and shot down in flames the next, according to Daily Mail.
Apr 12, 2017 | General Olive News, Marketing, NZ, Olive business, Olives and Health
Products for joint health have become the fastest growing sector in New Zealand, with 25% value growth in 2016. Let’s hope that translates into increased sales for NZ’s most delicious anti-inflammatory agent, fresh local NZ EVOO!
Apr 6, 2017 | NZ, Olive business, Olives and Health
A man has been pinned by a pallet believed to contain hundreds of kilograms of olive oil in a workplace accident on Waiheke Island this morning. The man was flown by helicopter to Auckland City Hospital just after 11am. St John spokeswoman Jennifer Porter said the...
Apr 6, 2017 | General Olive News, NZ, Olive business
It is a surprise to most people that there are 550 olive trees growing well in Rangitikei at Rata, and that the growers win prizes for their olive oil. Hamilton and Gaylene McConachy have about 100 hectares of a fattening sheep and beef farm and have frantoio, leccino...
Apr 6, 2017 | Australia, Diet/Food, International News/Trends, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
We need to talk about that lame, fusty bottle of olive oil sitting next to your stove that you’ve been settling for way too long. Maybe you think you’re not into cooking enough to deserve nice oil. But trust me, you are. You’re worth it. Sage advice, which we...
Mar 30, 2017 | NZ, Olive business
A project aimed at growing the capability of women in the primary sector has been granted close to $300,000 in the latest Sustainable Farming Fund round, with Northland set to benefit. The Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT) has received $289,000 from the fund...
