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A study conducted by the NWFP agriculture research centre says that the province can earn $3.5 billion annually from export of olive oil by bringing under olive cultivation the high rainfall areas of the province.
“Two million acres of cultivable wastelands and uncultivated forest area can be brought under olive cultivation in the high rainfall [...]

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WITH the help of a few industrious volunteers and some hard working staff, ‘Grounds’ staff has set a record for processing olives.
1050kg of olives were picked and processed in three days last month resulting in 180 litres of olive oil, an overall yield of 15.52 per cent.
Grounds manager Gordon Smyth was pleased with the team [...]

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There’s a growing market for California olive oil.
Production in the state increased 168 percent between 1996 and 2004, and continues apace. California growers produce about 425,000 gallons and are on track for 750,000 gallons annually in three or four years, overtaking the French. U.S. consumers purchase 65 million gallons of olive oil annually, almost all [...]

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It began like any other tasting in the Wine Country. First I swirled, circling my tiny glass on the counter so the precious golden nectar would coat the sides. Next I sniffed, inhaling until scents of earth and citrus wafted to my nose. Finally, I sipped the elixir, swished it around in my mouth and [...]

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M. Mohamed Habib Haddad, ministre de l’Agriculture et des Ressources hydrauliques, a présidé, hier, au siège du département, une séance de travail consacrée au suivi de l’exportation de l’huile d’olive.
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Fruit can add flavor to vegetarian dishes
A proper appreciation of olives begins early and fixates more on the fingers than mouth.
Tomato Soup With Red Wine and Kalamata Olives can be served warm or chilled. The recipe is from Ford Rogers’ cookbook “Olives,” which is dedicated to the numerous varieties of olives and their oils.
It usually [...]

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By Paula Lauri,
Who says vegetarian food is boring? This recipe brings together flavors with an exciting outcome.

Lentils and Olive Salad Recipe
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By C. Jerome Crow,
CORNING - Once again the Olive City pulled out all the stops to celebrate its queen crop.
Friday, the 17th Annual Olive Festival kicked off with a parade and was then followed by the Corning Does it Bedder bed races. Taking top honors in the men’s category was the team.
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This Moroccan dish is adapted from Paula Wolfert’s book The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen.
Peel and thickly slice 900g of yellow-fleshed potatoes and place them in a bowl of cold water.
In a heavy saucepan (or well-seasoned tagine) heat 3 tbsp of olive oil and fry a finely chopped onion for 3-4 mins, stirring.
Add a chopped tomato, 1/4 [...]

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By Andreae Down,
You know what to do when life gives you lemons. But what if it’s barrels of olives instead — and capers and roasted red peppers? More precisely, what do you do with the barrels?
If you’re George Gebelein, you go into the rain barrel business.
Not that he ever intended it that way . No, [...]

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California farmers are making a big push, planting tens of thousands of trees
By George Raine,
It was Julio Cesar’s first day planting trees in the olive orchard in the Sacramento Valley and he already had it down to a science:
Dig a hole half a shovel deep, place the root ball attached to a 12-inch-tall tree in [...]

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La quiche aux courgettes et aux olives est un plat délicieux et léger que nous vous invitons à découvrir.
Bon appétit.
Ingrédients:
Pour la pâte:

200 grammes de farine
100 grammes de beurre en morceaux
1 œuf
1 pincée de sel

Pour la garniture:

350 grammes de courgette
2 gousses d’ail
Quelques brins de romarin
3 œufs
50 grammes d’olives noires dénoyautées
1 oignon
100 grammes de crème fraîche
1 cuillère [...]

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Cancer survivor Sheryl Crow has a stern message for fans - don’t drink water from plastic bottles left in your car. The rocker was stunned when she met with a nutritionist shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer because he alerted her to all the food choices that may have accelerated her disease. And now [...]

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By Stephen Daniells,
Tyrosol, the most abundant biophenol in olive oil, could boost a cell’s antioxidant defences, despite only being a weak antioxidant itself, says new research from Italy.
“These findings give further evidence in favour of olive oil consumption to counteract cardiovascular diseases,” wrote lead author Roberta Di Benedetto from Italy’s National Centre for Food Quality [...]

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Modalités d’Intervention et de fonctionnement du fonds de promotion de l’huile d’olive conditionnée.
Décret n°2006-2095 du 24 juillet 2006, fixant les modalités d’Intervention et de fonctionnement du fonds de promotion de l’huile d’olive conditionnée.
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