Aug 31, 2012 | Olive Oil News
In the fashion business, there are companies that sell rank counterfeits as “Made in Italy.” Appparently in olive oil too: 8000 tons were recently seized from the Azienda Olearia Valpesana, an important bulk olive oil business.
Aug 31, 2012 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2012 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive tree is a national...
Aug 31, 2012 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
In the foothills of Sierra Nevada Natural Park in Andalucia a rather special olive oil has recently gone into production. Benizalte organic extra-virgin olive oil, now being distributed in the UK exclusively by Alma Organics, has been created by a group of determined...
Aug 31, 2012 | Olive Oil News
A group of five men were arrested for allegedly cutting down 115 olive trees in the Koura village of Harisha, (Lebanon) which they planned to sell as wood. The village’s custodian, Aziz Alawa, first noticed from a hill in Anefh village that trees in an olive grove had...
Aug 17, 2012 | Olive Oil News
Perth City Farm Growers Market has a great history. A not-for-profit community farm and education centre, it has vegetable gardens and chickens, and will soon have a beekeeper. The farm in place, they launched a growers market selling farm produce and letting stalls...
Aug 17, 2012 | Olive Oil News
Some of Australia’s best-known olive oil producers have revealed that pressures from the high Australian dollar, adverse weather conditions and aggressive pricing of major marketers, are all impacting on their profitability. Western Australia’s Frankland River Olive...
