Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
This year’s national industry event will be held in from September 17-19 at the Mercure Resort in the Hunter Valley, NSW, and will also include the inaugural levy payers meeting. It’s a not-to-be-missed opportunity to learn, network and celebrate the efforts of our...
Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News
It has been 30 years since the original owners of Olio Bello realised their vision to create an olive grove on a perfect piece of land in Margaret River. A few years later, the 129ha estate was certified organic and the first crop was harvested in 1992.
Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News
Best known for busting up the clubby world of stockbroking and then taking on the wharfies, one of the country’s richest businessmen, Chris Corrigan, is stepping up his exposure to the agricultural sector, emerging as a key financier of the offshore push by the...
Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News
With a glass of retsina in the hand you could be forgiven for thinking that you were somewhere in the Mediterranean. That is, if not for the scent of eucalyptus and the sounds of Australian birds late afternoon. It is time to press olives in Towamba Valley, a small...
Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News
In its annual overview for the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory, the AOA estimates 2013 domestic olive oil production at 19 million litres, following a reduced crop in 2012. This is against an estimated 2013 production of 400,000 litres in New...
Jun 13, 2014 | Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
Australia now has the highest manufacturing costs in the world, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) following the publication of a gloomy report on the state of the country’s food industry.
