Mar 1, 2016 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Out of twenty extra virgin olive oils, seven tested at production facilities and thirteen taken from retail stores, which were controlled last year by the Agricultural Inspection, six did not pass the quality standards, reported the Agriculture Ministry. Of the nine...
Mar 1, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Italy will train Kurdish farmers working in olive groves and open a plant in Kurdistan to make olive oil, local farming officials told Rudaw. Samir Ismael, an agricultural official in Kurdistan, told Rudaw that “the Italian government provided 789,000 euros for this...
Mar 1, 2016 | NZ, Olive business, Olive Oil News
The Olives NZ Executive has welcomed Niall Holland as the new Chair of the Canterbury Branch. With his wife Jan Whyte, Niall owns the award-winning 1000-tree Old French Road olive grove at Akaroa. Niall takes over from former Canterbury Chair Tony Millar, who has...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Olive Oil News
The annual Arts in the Olives Festival is on again, making it the 9th year for this highly successful community event. As usual the event is being held on Mothers’ Day, 8 May, at Worendo Olive Grove in the Lost World Valley, about an hour and a half’s drive south of...
Mar 1, 2016 | Australia, Competitions, Olive Oil News
Australians love it when one of their own take on the world and win. But few would expect Aussie victory in something as distinctly European as olive oils. At the world’s largest olive oil awards – the New York International Olive Oil Competition – Australian...
Feb 16, 2016 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
European Members of Parliament have endorsed a plan to help the Tunisian economy in the wake of last year’s terrorists attacks by allowing 70,000 tons of duty-free olive oil imports.
