Apr 7, 2015 | Olive Oil News
Applications are being sought for more than $11 million in grants to improve market access for small exporters of dairy, meat, egg, fish, horticulture and grain products. Examples of suitable projects include information workshops on importing country requirements,...
Apr 2, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The first Cretan Olive Oil Competition was held in the laboratory of organoleptic evaluation at the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives in Rethymno, Crete, Greece on March 21-22, 2015. This competition, which succeeded in attracting far more participants than...
Mar 27, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
You’ve been to ice cream shops that give you a taste sample to help you make up your mind. Now folks living in and around Decatur can enjoy a preview when they buy olive oil. Two olive oil tasting bars have opened – Splash of Olive in the Artisan building in downtown...
Mar 6, 2015 | Olive Oil News
The FOE and Olivegrower team regularly have enquiries from people looking for small-batch processors: it’s not uncommon for ‘home’ olive growers to want to produce their own oil, and weather-induced small grove crops are also an increasingly common occurrence. So...
Mar 6, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Film producer Kip Baldwin is combining two of his favorite interests – filmmaking and being a foodie – to produce a movie that will have some scenes that are shot in Livermore olive groves and at the olive press at Olivina in South Livermore. Baldwin is...
Mar 6, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
The L’Huile d’Olive de Corse-Oliu di Corsica is a PDO product and a source of pride for the inhabitants of the French region. But olive oil of Corsica must not be considered as only one.