Archive for April 25th, 2007

25 Apr

More Olives May Mean Fewer Grapes

Written by Tim Daly, If you haven’t heard of the Corto Olive company yet, you will fairly soon. Corto Olive is located near Stockton and the company is hoping to make a very big splash in the olive oil industry. Corto is planting thousands of trees near Lodi and Stockton and hoping to produce about […]

25 Apr

Franc succès de la IIe édition du Siagrim

Par Youness SAAD ALAMI, · Des distinctions remises aux exposants · Plus de 450.000 visiteurs en cinq jours! · Les organisateurs promettent encore mieux l’an prochain Comme pour l’ouverture du Salon international de l’agriculture de Meknès (Siagrim), sa clôture a été encore marquée par des moments d’intense émotion. En effet, S.M. le Roi Mohammed VI […]

25 Apr

EU project helps olive growers go green

Europe’s olive growers face two major challenges: on the one hand, they have to adhere to strict EU environmental legislation, but at the same time competition from overseas olive growers is pressurising them to keep their prices low. Now, thanks to the EU-funded NASOOP (Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olive Production) project, […]