Jun 30, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Argentina has experienced one of its worst olive harvests in recent years, a situation that’s causing a great deal of concern among olive oil producers in Mendoza and neighboring provinces, according to the newspaper Los Andes.
Jun 30, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
From olive oil that’s too yellow, to the perils of excessive pungency and the ‘unfiltered is best’ fallacy – these are among the issues the Catalan agriculture, food and aquaculture research institute (IRTA) has recently dealt with as part of its work with the olive...
Jun 30, 2014 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
In a substantial article that does not spare anyone the German magazine Focus online accuses supermarkets Rewe, one of the largest chains in Germany, and an Italian company, guilty of having introduced on the German market rancid olive oil, or mixtures suspect that...
Jun 30, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Olive growers are facing a big threat in the form of a tiny fruit fly that could end some olive oil production. To make matters worse, they say an offer from an irrigation district to help families save money is instead backfiring and making the infestation...
Jun 30, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News
Is the farm-to-table movement all it’s cracked up to be? Is a healthy dialogue about GMOs even possible? Can we fix growing income disparities in the developed world? A group representing many points on the agribusiness value chain weighed in.
Jun 30, 2014 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Olives and Health
Olive oil and olive pomace oil imports are down nearly 8 percent across seven major markets – a year-on-year drop of more than 23,000 tons, the latest International Olive Council market newsletter shows.