Jan 8, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Bank of Valletta has launched its 2015 corporate calendar, featuring a collection of photographs and memories to better appreciate what is genuinely Maltese. The bank said that in recent years it has been publishing calendars that “open a window on our culture and the...
Jan 8, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Organic
The new organic olive oil facility officially started production last month by the Kilis Organic Olive Producers’ Union to help relieve the impact of the Syrian crises on the hosting region to support local development. Now more than ever, the olive oil facility will...
Jan 8, 2015 | EVOO, Olive business, Services
The FOE and Olivegrower team regularly have enquiries from people looking for small-batch processors: it’s not uncommon for ‘home’ olive growers to want to produce their own oil, and weather-induced small grove crops are also an increasingly common occurrence. So...
Dec 23, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Weather plays an important role in the success of growing olive trees. Parts of Europe, known for producing much of the world’s olive oil, have experienced weather that has dropped production of the popular cooking oil. Higher than average rainfall and an...
Dec 23, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Research
The International Olive Council (IOC), GEA Westfalia Separator Ibérica and the Spanish Association of Municipalities of Olivo (AEMO) presented preliminary results of an international study to analyze the cost of producing one kilogram of olive oil.
Dec 23, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The boss of Sicilian Mafia group Cosa Nostra, Matteo Messina Denaro, has been dedicating his time to olive oil production, apparently producing extra virgin olive oil in a corrupt business that goes by the name “Fontane D’Oro” of Trapani, Sicily, Italian police...