Par Djamel Beggaz,
Avec toutes les difficultés que rencontre les oliviers : Neige, incendies et maladies, fin précoce de la saison oléicole en Kabylie.
La production oléicole en Kabylie a connu une forte baisse cette année mais reste assez bonne. La récolte de cette saison n’a duré que deux mois environ, entamée en début d’année, elles [...]
An update of this post.
By Brooke Martin,
Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin alerts restaurants, retail facilities and Georgia consumers to the risk of botulism found in some imported olives.
All sizes of cans, glass jars and pouches of Cerignola, Nocerella and Castelvetrano olives are being recalled by its national distributor, Charlie Brown di Rutigliano & Figli D.r.l,, Bari, [...]
Par V.W,
La fête de l’olivier au domaine Renoir à Cagnes sur Mer met à l’honneur l’arbre emblématique de notre Méditerranée et, bien sûr, toutes les ressources qui en découlent : les olives, l’huile d’olive, la pâte d’olive.
C’est, dans le cadre magnifique du jardin des Collettes, une occasion de rencontrer des producteurs qui viennent présenter leurs [...]
Green Gold, the Story of Lebanese Olive Oil
Par Carla HENOUD,
Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur l’huile d’olive au Liban se trouve dans cet ouvrage riche en photos, signées Roger Moukarzel et Kamal Mouzawak. En textes, rédigés par Sabina Mahfoud, et en recettes, proposées par Mary Elizabeth Sabieh, 164 pages à vous mettre [...]
In response to growing demand for organic olive oil and an increasingly competitive market, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisors and researchers have produced an organic olive production manual.
“Organic olive oil production could be a significant niche in California’s agriculture industry,” says Paul Vossen, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Sonoma and Marin counties, [...]
By Stephen Daniells,
The benefits of olive oil for heart health go way beyond just reducing levels of LDL (’bad’) cholesterol, says a new review that looks set to further bolster the healthy image of the oil.
Numerous studies have reported that olive oil - the main fat in the Mediterranean diet - to improved cardiovascular health [...]
By Katy Budge,
Lee Alegre and Adriana Marquez work together in Templeton to market Alegre Olive Oil Company products and Adriana’s Gourmet Olive Tapenade.
Thanks to his vineyard management business, most people probably associate Lee Alegre with grapes, but lately he’s teamed up with close family friends Art and Norma Ornelas and business partner Adriana Marquez to [...]
As our friend and author of this amazing cookbook says,
Remember, life is short, eat dessert first (as long as it’s made with olive oil) ;).
Par Robert Beauchemin,
Dans le monde des huiles d’olive italiennes, il y a les huiles de domaines et celles de coops. Ces dernières sont produites dans les régions où, traditionnellement, les paysans apportaient leurs olives aux moulins pour en faire de l’huile servant à la consommation courante.
C’était bien souvent le cas dans le talon de la [...]
By Larry Cox,
“The Elegant Olive” by Teresa Kennedy is part of the Cook West series. Each volume celebrates the tastes, colors, aromas and ingredients of the American West.
Kennedy, a Tucson-based cook, claims in her introduction that the world’s love affair with the olive probably began in prehistoric times. First cultivated in Asia Minor as early [...]
By: Maia Bradley,
Bike accidents are the pits - olive pits, that is, from the more than 1,500 olive trees growing around the UC Davis campus. Strewn and smashed all over the university’s bike lanes in past years, the oily fruit posed a problem to cyclists and grounds keepers. With some creativity, though, that problem was [...]
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has delayed by one year its plan to dump tax breaks for non-forestry managed investment schemes.
The Federal Government last month announced the ATO was changing its interpretation of laws that allowed people investing in crops such as olives, wine and avocadoes to claim upfront tax breaks.
The new interpretation will mean [...]
Farmers in the Borders have hatched a plan to tackle the Italians in the world of culinary oil production.
They have launched their own extra virgin rapeseed oil - designed to challenge the popular products from the olive groves of Tuscany.
Oleifera is produced by Borderfields Ltd a group of farmers in the Scottish Borders and north [...]
By Stephen Daniells,
The presence of Benecol in Portugal is increasing with the announcement that the cholesterol-reducing ingredient is being introduced to olive oil, said to capture all the growth in the fats markets in Portugal by 2010.
Mikko Laavainen, vice president, sales & marketing confirmed to NutraIngredients.com that this is the first time that the ingredient [...]
Les huiles riches en acides gras insaturés - notamment l’huile d’olive consommée crue - sont réputées « bonnes pour le coeur ». Les corps gras moins insaturés - comme l’huile de palme - et les aliments frits jouissent en revanche d’une bien plus mauvaise réputation.
Des chercheurs ont comparé l’effet de trois huiles (olive, soja et [...]
3rd edition, China and Asia’s largest International Olive Oil Competition will be presented at the 2007 edition of SIAL China Shanghai 10-12 May,
Take the opportunity to break into the Chinese market’s enormous potential!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE APRIL 6th, 2007
For the application form; please send an email HERE
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Tel +33 1 49 68 56 21
Fax +33 1 53 [...]
By Marilynn Marchione,
A study shows both are good choices to lower risk for those who have had a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac problems.
NEW ORLEANS - A Mediterranean-style diet high in olive oil and other “healthy” fats is just as good as the classic American Heart Association low-fat diet for the 8 million Americans [...]
par K. Boumiza,
Philippe Tillous-Borde Président de Lesieur, vient de signer, vendredi dernier à Tunis, un accord de partenariat avec le groupe tunisien Hmila qui travaille déjà dans le secteur des huiles végétales. Lesieur s’adjuge ainsi un tiers du capital de Cristal Tunisie, à couté de la Raffinerie Africaine et Cristal Maroc.
Mais Lesieur ne semble pas [...]
In time for spring cleaning, Caldrea, an aroma-therapeutic housekeeping company, has a safe olive oil solution for hard-to-clean stainless steel appliances, counter tops and sinks. It helps reduce finger marks and is free of petroleum distillates. Available in five scents.
Where to find it: $10 for an 11.8-ounce spray bottle at retail stores including Lunds, Byerly’s, [...]
A Devon woman whose family has a rare genetic brain disease is taking part in a US medical study using a substance featured in a Hollywood film.
Deirdre Corr from Exmouth, and her two sons, were diagnosed six years ago with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), for which there is no known cure.
Mrs Corr is participating in the study [...]
Tunisia’s olive oil exports grew 65 percent in January from a year earlier as it boosted output to meet rising world demand, official data showed on Friday.
Tunisia is North Africa’s top exporter of olive oil, which accounts for half of its farm exports. Those in turn represent more than 10 percent of the country’s total [...]
Nombreuses animations autour de l’olive et de l’olivier. Manifestation qui a pour but de promouvoir la filière oléicole. Conférences, dégustations, exposition photographique et présentations d’ouvrages sur l’olive et l’olivier.
Qu’ils soient cosmétiques, culinaires, diététiques ou artisanaux, ce sont au total plus de 50 stands qui attendent les visiteurs sur l’Esplanade Charles de Gaulle Samedi 31 et [...]
A food importer is voluntarily recalling Marcella’s Garden brand olives from stores across Canada saying the products may contain clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism.
Excelsior Foods says the olives possibly containing the potentially deadly bacteria were distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.
The product was sold in 600-millilitre plastic tubs with a best-before date [...]
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