Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Any traveler who has driven through Andalusia and more specifically through the province of Jaén can tell you of its spectacular landscape, dotted with millions of olive trees. Their seemingly infinite existence has been christened the Mar de Olivos or “Sea of...
Sep 7, 2016 | Environment, International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Perfect weather over the last few months has created conditions for a strong olive harvest in Italy, both for quantity and quality. But in recent days the climate has also become quite favorable for the proliferation of Bactrocera Oleae, also called olive fruit fly. A...
Sep 7, 2016 | International News/Trends, Labelling, Olive Oil News
It’s reliably reported that 80% of the Italian olive oil on the market is fraudulent. Some experts think that percentage is an exaggeration. Others believe that the bigger problem is poor quality olive oil, deliberately mislabeled as virgin or extra virgin. In any...
Sep 7, 2016 | Awards, Competitions, NZ, Olive Oil News
Waiheke Island olive oil producers have done New Zealand proud in an international competition. The Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards Southern Hemisphere 2016 attracted 101 entries from seven countries. The oils came from 45 producers based in...
Sep 7, 2016 | Australia, Olive business, Olive Oil News, Seminars/Conference
The Australian Olive Association will organise the National Olive Conference & Trade Exhibition – producers across Australia will be attending in order to get to know the latest innovations as well as enjoying the trade show, which will bring together...
Sep 7, 2016 | Australia, Diet/Food, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
Eating plenty of vegetables, nuts and olive oil is more effective than drugs such as statins in treating heart disease, an “extraordinary” study suggests. Source: The Australian Patients who stuck to a Mediterranean diet were a third less likely to die early than...
