Nov 29, 2013 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
This year, Conway Couto and Adam Kennedy volunteered to harvest the Hamilton City FFA’s high-density Arbequina olives. It was a great experience to see the harvester and how it works. Students at Hamilton High learn by doing. The school farm provides...
Nov 29, 2013 | NZ, Olive Oil News
The New Zealand olive industry has said goodbye to one of its original members, Morry Vickers, who passed away recently. Vickers was one of the country’s first growers in the 1990s and was instrumental in setting up groves and a co-operative in the Waikato region. He...
Nov 29, 2013 | Olive Oil News, Research, Uncategorised
The AOA will soon be disseminating a survey regarding the current R&D priorities, aiming to ensure that these are still relevant to levy payers today. CEO Lisa Rowntree said the plan was originally compiled in 2009, and in order to ensure that the IAC are making...
Nov 29, 2013 | Olive Oil News
More than 850 investors are in no mood to hold out the olive branch, after losing $39 million in a failed investment scheme in Queensland. Lawyers Slater & Gordon are investigating a potential class action against Professional Investment Services Pty Ltd for...
Nov 29, 2013 | Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
The AOA has also placed a generic “How to Choose an Olive Oil” full page colour advertisement in the December/January edition of the “Super Foods” magazine, which is on the stands now. Providing information on ‘Extra Virgin’, ‘fresh harvest’ and ‘Australian grown’,...
Nov 29, 2013 | EVOO, Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
The AOA has developed a television commercial featuring leading nutritionist Joanna McMillan, which will air between 1 –21 December. The 30-second commercial will be shown in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide during key programs including The Today Show,...
