Archive for April 28th, 2007

28 Apr

Olive trees in Florida? You bet

Text/photos by Kathy Edenhofer (Master gardener), If you are looking for a unique item for your landscape, here is something that might peak your interest. Tucked away in Citra is a little jewel of a tree farm owned and operated by Tony and Shirley Valenza. At the Olive Branch Tree Farm they grow and sell […]

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28 Apr

FDA Olive Recall Does Not Affect Greek Olives

An update of this post. From deTraci Regula, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced an olive recall as some olives produced in Italy are contaminated with botulism, a potentially deadly bacterium. The affected labels include cans, glass jars & pouches of Cerignola, Nocerella & Castelvetrano olives produced under the names Borrelli, Bonta di […]

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28 Apr

Caltech branches into … olive oil

By Larry Gordon, Take 130 trees dropping olives on campus walkways. Add in students seeking prankish respite from their studies. Mix in a French-born university president with a taste for Mediterranean cuisine. That’s the formula for making olive oil at Caltech. The institution better known for rocket science is launching its own brand of the […]

Posted in California, Olive Oil, Olive Tree by: Olives101
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