Apr 6, 2017 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Marketing, Olive business, Olives and Health
From certification seals to romance text to website blog posts, many packaged food and beverage brands put a lot of thought (and resources) into creating convincing nutrition-related arguments to persuade buyers. But among Millennials, only 26% of them actually pay...
Apr 6, 2017 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
More than 200,000 checks were carried out by Italian authorities in 2016 to fight food crimes and lead the country to the highest level of food safety in the world. This was the finding from the fifth report on agri-food crimes by the Italian farmers’ group...
Apr 6, 2017 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive business
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has praised France for officially backing a voluntary, front-of-pack nutrition logo that “clearly stood out as the most consumer-friendly scheme”.
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...
Mar 31, 2017 | Australia, Courses/Education, Olive business
Olives SA is running a bus tour to the Fleurieu Peninsula on May 7, experiencing the harvesting and processing of olives and viewing a state-of-the-art bottling plant. Departing at 9am and returning at around 5pm, the program also visits the Finniss region, joining an...
