Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Courses/Education, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Do you want to improve your tasting ability? Ever wondered how to describe different food flavours? Want to pick a good olive oil from a bad one? Two workshops being held in August will use a range of EVOOs, including the latest 2016 harvest, to help you appreciate...
Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Australia will host the Sol D’Oro International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition – Southern Hemisphere for the first time this year, with the 3rd edition of the event being held in Melbourne from 5-9 September. Organised by Veronafiere in partnership with the...
Aug 11, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
The 2016 Australian National Olive Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition will be held from Monday, 3 to Wednesday, 5 October in Geelong, Victoria. The first two days will be seminar sessions at The Pier Geelong, with a field day at the Boundary Bend bottling...
Jul 29, 2016 | General Olive News, International News/Trends, Labelling, Marketing, Olive business
Shoppers believe foods are better quality when the packaging looks eco-friendly, and could be willing to spend more as a result, researchers say.
Jul 29, 2016 | Australia, General Olive News, Olive business
The Trans-Pacific partnership (TTP) is a trade agreement among twelve Pacific Rim countries signed on 4 February 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand, after seven years of negotiations. The AOA requested that the Minister for Trade and Investment establish an Olive...
Jul 29, 2016 | General Olive News, NZ, Olive business
ONZ EO Gayle Sheridan reports that Certification 2016 is progressing well, with more than 100 samples submitted to date to the Oil Testing Service. Thus far there has been an excellent turnaround in results being advised, however a bottleneck is expected in August so...
