Oct 12, 2015 | Australia, Environment, Olive Oil News
An organic farmer in Western Australia whose crop was contaminated with genetically modified (GM) canola from a neighbouring farm has lost his court appeal for compensation. Steve Marsh of Kojonup lost organic certification over most of his farmland in 2010 after...
Sep 22, 2015 | Competitions, EVOO, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows
Entries in New Zealand’s most prestigious competition for extra virgin olive oil closed on Wednesday, 9 September, with a total of 70 entries. There were 60 entries in the Extra Virgin classes and 10 entries in the Flavoured Oil classes, which are new classes for...
Sep 22, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Research
Analysis of the aroma compounds of virgin olive oil (VOO) occurs through the lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway comprising mainly the actuation of LOX and hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) enzymes. It’s important to determine whether the cleavage of polyunsaturated fatty acid...
Sep 22, 2015 | Australia, Environment, Olive Oil News, Organic
The Organic Federation of Australia was saddened to see the result of the Supreme Court decision last Thursday, in the Steve Marsh/Baxter GM Contamination case in Western Australia. Steve and Susan are working through their options, and the Organic Federation of...
Sep 22, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
It’s a startling statistic. In just eight years since Gregg Kelley took over as CEO at California Olive Ranch (COR), the company’s revenues have rocketed from $2 million to an anticipated $80 million by the end of 2015. “When I started,” he told Forbes magazine...
Sep 22, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive business, Olive Oil News
Olive Council (IOC) predicts olive oil production for this harvest season will be somewhere between the last one (the worst in nearly twenty years), and the one before that (the best of all time). If it seems the Madrid-based intergovernmental organisation is not...
