Nov 17, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
On October 26, dozens of volunteers in the Athens suburb of Glyfada began harvesting olives from trees growing on public land in order to provide oil for local residents in need. In this second annual effort to make use of fruits that would otherwise go to waste,...
Nov 17, 2015 | NZ, Olive business, Olive Oil News
New Zealand shoppers should buy homegrown rather than imported olive oil, local growers say. Imported oil is tipped to rise in price by between $1-$1.50 a 1-litre bottle after a poor season in Europe, with drought affecting Spanish olives and a bacteria strain hitting...
Nov 17, 2015 | Australia, Olive Oil News
The olive harvest, which runs from May to June, has brought good news for some producers. One of them is Kent Hallett who runs the Olive Oil Packaging Service at Riverton and is an Olives SA board member. “Yields were variable, but lots of areas had really good...
Nov 4, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Exports from the Greek island of Crete nearly doubled to €295 million for the first six months of 2015 according to Alkiviadis Kalabokis, president of the Exporters’ Association of Crete, largely due to increased olive oil exports which grew an even more dramatic 518%...
Nov 4, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
An Italian regional court has temporarily suspended the destruction of olive trees in Puglia following a complaint filed by 21 olive growers demanding proof that their trees are infected by Xylella fastidiosa.
Nov 4, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Spain’s National Association of Industrial Packagers and Edible Oil Refiners (ANIERAC) announced yesterday that the country’s olive oil sales reached 351.5 million litres (302,290 metric tons) between October 2014 and September 2015, down 5.55 percent from the year...
