Mar 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
Europe’s consumers are facing a 20% rise in the price of olive oil after bad weather and disease devastated the continent’s olive harvest. Olive farmers in Spain and Italy, meanwhile, have seen their leading position as exporters eroded by Tunisia.
Mar 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
A sting operation in Italy has yielded an unlikely cache of loot: over 85,000 tonnes of freshly painted green olives that police just seized from food counterfeiters. The Guardian reported on the newest trick forgers are employing to fake out olive-eaters: a coating...
Mar 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Italy will train Kurdish farmers working in olive groves and open a plant in Kurdistan to make olive oil, local farming officials told Rudaw. Samir Ismael, an agricultural official in Kurdistan, told Rudaw that “the Italian government provided 789,000 euros for this...
Mar 1, 2016 | NZ, Olive business
The Olives NZ Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 19 March at the Carterton Events Centre in the Wairarapa. There are no Executive positions due for nomination and the audited financial statements will be available to members shortly. All members are...
Mar 1, 2016 | NZ, Olive business, Seminars/Conference
There are only a few places left for Olives New Zealand’s info-packed two day processing seminar, “How Processing Practice Impacts on Quality (e.g. Gold medals) and Quantity”, a must-do event for any producer’s calendar. The intensive course is being held in Auckland...
Mar 1, 2016 | NZ, Olive business
Stands are now available for the annual Food Writers NZ May Market Day, an opportunity to showcase products and meet food writers, bloggers and corporate members in an informal setting. Last year’s market was a huge success, with over 70 Food Writers members in...
