Dec 18, 2015 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News
AOA President Paul Miller has stepped down from the position, heralding one of the most significant changes in industry leadership in years. Miller has held the position since 2001, a time of incredible growth, learning – and more recently influence – for our...
Dec 10, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Over 30 trade-association led campaigns promoting everything from olive oil to fresh meat have been named the recipients of the latest round of EU funding for agri-food products.
Dec 10, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olives and Health, Organic
Is organic still selling? Does the ‘natural’ trend mean fortified/functional food is now passé? And why are consumers turning their noses up at better for you (BFY) offerings? Ewa Hudson, head of health and wellness research at Euromonitor International,...
Dec 10, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business
The president of the Italian Olive Industry Association (Assitol), Giovanni Zucchi, has called for a new classification of olive oil products across the global industry. The request is born out the fact that extra virgin’s popularity has come at the expense of...
Dec 10, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Research
In partnership with agricultural professors and researchers from the University of Florida, a small but ambitious group of growers from Florida have thrown their hat into the olive-farming and olive oil-producing ring. As the citrus industry struggles, the state is...
Dec 10, 2015 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The European Commission says it will provide seven million euros (£5m) to fund research into a disease that poses a “very serious threat” to olive trees. The announcement was made at a scientific workshop in Brussels that focused on the most effective ways...