Oct 3, 2014 | EVOO, NZ, Olive Oil News, Olive Oil Shows, Seminars/Conference
The 2014 NZ EVOO Awards Dinner is being held tomorrow night, 4 October, in the Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings, a fittingly significant venue for such important awards. The set three-course menu will use several of the recipes from the Olives NZ 2015 Recipes...
Oct 3, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Less than one month away from wrapping up the current (2013/14) campaign, reports out of Spain indicate that the country has surpassed one million metric tons in exported olive oil for the first time in history.
Oct 3, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Corfu has been known as a Mediterranean tourist destination for decades but it has not been particularly known for producing exceptional olive oil. That could be changing. Spyros Dafnis, a recent University of Economics graduate whose family owns an olive mill in...
Oct 3, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
New quality standards, concerns over water, and growing demand could convince more farmers to grow olives.
Oct 3, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Jim Kamas, assistant professor and extension specialist at Texas AgriLife Extension, released an opinion statement rejecting the likelihood of Texas becoming a commercial manufacturer for olive oil, citing such challenges as the crop’s cold sensitivity, an unsuitable...
Oct 3, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Olive oil supplies are “tight,” with prices rising on an outlook for falling production in Spain, the biggest producer and exporter of the edible oil, according to Oil World. World olive oil production is forecast to drop to 2.87 million metric tons in 2014-15 from...