Feb 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business
Extra chairs lined the walls of the first-floor conference room at the California Farm Bureau Federation in Sacramento for the Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC) 2016 informational meeting. Sixty people had RSVP’d for the January 13 event, but almost eighty...
Feb 1, 2016 | Diet/Food, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The percentage of vocal consumers who passionately care about, are dissatisfied with and distrustful of how food is made, packaged and sold is growing from a small niche group into a mainstream segment that manufacturers cannot ignore, according to new market...
Feb 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
As the world’s largest producer of olive oil, Spain has welcomed a new organisation to the olive oil sector. The Professional Organisation of Olive Pomace Oil (Organización Interprofesional del Aceite de Orujo de Oliva), officially recognised by Spain’s Ministry of...
Feb 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
After last year’s low olive oil production season, Spain was poised to see substantially stronger numbers this year, and the Andalusian government’s official forecast affirmed this. But with provisional December numbers in, ASAJA-Jaén (Jaén’s Young Farmers...
Feb 1, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Award winning Australian olive oil manufacturer Cobram Estate in February will extend its reach into the competitive US market, which it says suffers a dearth of high quality, extra virgin olive oils.
Jan 22, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Surveys
URGENT – PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MODERN HORTICULTURAL AWARD THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS. SURVEY TO BE COMPLETED BY 31ST JANUARY 2016. Dear Members, Most of you will be aware of the “Modern Horticultural Award” and how it relates to the olive industry. What you might...
