By Elise Kleeman, Caltech undergraduate Dvin Adalian was feeling restless. With his friend Ricky Jones, he considered all manner of interesting distractions. In the end, inspiration lay just outside the door. Caltech is dotted with olive trees – trees, they noticed, with fruit just beginning to ripen. So the pair decided to make their own [...]
The 94th international meeting on olive oil, which opened here in Spanish capital three days ago, appointed Iran as the president of ‘Olive International High Council’. In a ceremony attended by representatives from 13 member states and those recently joining the council, Davoud Salehi, Iran’s ambassador to Spain took over from Egypt as the council’s [...]
Fritz Grupe hopes to prove the rebirth of olive-oil production in California with his new olive orchard at his Lodi home and property Text by Reed Fujii, Picture : Michael McCollum/The Record, Fritz Grupe, perhaps best known as the Stockton builder of Brookside and other major projects, never planned to get into land development. He [...]
By Martha Proctor, Of the so many things to savor about our recent trip to Spain, I was struck by the dominant crop on the arid land. As our 747 approached Madrid, we looked down and saw huge orchards of olive and almond trees stretching for miles. The fruits of both trees permeate the Mediterranean [...]
L’olivier et la culture de l’olive à Nice – derniers jours d’exposition à la Maison de l’Environnement de la Ville de Nice, qui permet de découvrir de magnifiques photos des plus beaux oliviers de notre région ainsi que les outils les plus caractéristiques de notre oléiculture. (depuis le 3 jusqu’au Mardi 28 Novembre). L’olivier, est [...]
On Sunday, Coldiretti Ascoli-Fermo will collect signatures in Grottammare in support of labels indicating the origin of olive oil. “Aside from a DOP olive oil (from protected origin), three traditional food oils, an IGP (protected geographic indication) coming soon and two oil cities, over half of oil in the Marche region is produced in the [...]
Par Hamid Saïdani, Il s’agit, à travers ce plan de plantation, d’exploiter toutes les potentialités existantes afin de hisser la filière oléicole algérienne au même niveau que les autres pays du Maghreb. Afin de réduire un tant soit peu la dépendance de l’Algérie en huiles, notamment végétales, dont les cours au niveau international ne cessent [...]
NUTHETAL, Germany–Western European scientists investigated the ability of the Mediterranean diet to protect DNA against oxidative damage and to reduce cancer incidence, focusing on olive oil and its phenolic content. Results of their trial, published in the FASEB Journal (Epub online before print, Nov. 16, 2006), showed olive oil reduces DNA oxidation, and increased olive [...]
Sixth annual Blessing of the Olives — 10 a.m. Dec. 2. Father Aurelio will give the traditional blessing, followed by an Olive Harvest Tasting featuring local artisan olives, olive oils, cheeses, wines and breads. Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, East Spain and First Street East, Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma. $10. 707-996-1090, www.olivefestival.com. www.olivefestival.com [Source] Click [...]
It’s extra virgin, great on salads and a lubricant for relationships in the Middle East. It’s Peace Oil– olive oil produced in Northern Israel by a collaboration of Arabs, Jews, Bedouins and Druze working together. This joint venture is sponsored by the Charities Advisory Trust which encourages co-operation between communities. Its vision is that through [...]
Compiled by Allison Askins, • Spain is the leading producer of olives and the world’s leading producer of olive oil. • Extra virgin olive oil is the strongest olive flavor of the four varieties of olive oil. Best used for drizzling, salad dressings, marinades, sauces, stews, soups. • Virgin olive oil shares extra virgin olive [...]
By Stacey Delo, MarketWatch When cooking at home, chef Michael Chiarello enjoys wild-fennel olive oil drizzled over roasted quail. He makes the fennel oil from scratch, warming a cup of olive oil with a quarter cup of fennel, then straining the mixture through a coffee filter. Mr. Chiarello is the host of the Food Network [...]
From Anadolu News Agency (aa), Izmir The rise of olive oil prices in recent years, quotas on tobacco production and incentives for olive growers have fostered a renewed interest in olive growing. The number of olive tree saplings ordered for the next season has already reached 54 million. It is estimated that if Turkey, which [...]
La production d’olives lors de cette année devrait atteindre les 750.000 tonnes, soit une augmentation de 14 pc en comparaison avec la moyenne des cinq dernières années, a indiqué, mardi à Rabat, le ministre de l’Agriculture, du développement rural et des pêches maritimes, M. Mohand Laenser. Répondant à une question d’actualité à la Chambre des [...]
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