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Recipe by Michelle Noerianto, Photography by Ian Wallace, Cooking Time:10 minutes Ingredients (serves 6): 1 x 500g pkt Lebanese bread 1 x 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained 80g (1/2 cup) pitted kalamata olives 1 garlic clove 1 1/2 tsp mild ground paprika 60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil Olive oil, extra, to serve Method: Preheat oven [...]

Already known for their award-winning wines, Waiheke Island’s Cable Bay Vineyards have now scooped an international plaudit for their extra virgin olive oil. Competing against olive oils from all over the world – including traditional Mediterranean olive-growing countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal – Cable Bay’s 2006 Extra Virgin Olive Oil won a [...]

California Olive Ranch, Oroville, Calif., expects to double its production capacity this year after signing a long-term agreement with another large, California olive oil producer. Olive Glen Orchards in Glenn County will provide 100 percent of the fruit from its 700 acres of high density olive trees to California Olive Ranch, already the largest olive [...]

By Melanie Cleveland, One of four franchises of the Paso Robles based gourmet shop is slated to open later this month in downtown San Luis Obispo, and its owners hope its prime location translates to healthy sales We Olive, a gourmet shop specializing in olives and olive-related products, will open in San Luis Obispo later [...]

By ABDÜLHAMİT YILDIZ, One of the products in Turkey with no problems securing a share of the market is olive oil. Cahit Çetin, president of Tariş — a union of agricultural sales cooperatives from the Aegean and Marmara regions dealing in figs, raisins, cotton, and oilseeds (including olives) — said that the olive oil market [...]

By John Wilkinson, The agribusiness managed investment scheme (MIS) sector has raised $1.26 billion for the 2007 financial year. This was up 6 per cent on the previous year, according to new figures released by research house Adviser Edge. The amount raised is seen as a positive considering the sector was facing drought, concerns over [...]

By Glenn Wallace, Father Michael Mahoney, pastor of Mission Santa Inès, speaks at a Wednesday morning press conference. “Where I stand is what I think is the most hallowed view in this valley,” he said in discussing the mission’s plans to plant a grove of olive trees in the lower field behind him. The new [...]

Following this article By Gözde Aslantaþ, Dramatic fall in this year’s olive oil production raises anxiety with producers, while the National Olive and Olive Oil Committee (UZZK) tries to define Turkey’s goal and place among the world’s top three olive oil producers. Opposing UZZK’s goals is the loss in olive orchards that is growing every [...]

A study has identified a mechanism by which the Mediterranean diet prevents the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). The latest results of the long-term Predimed study – supported by the Spanish Health Ministry – have found that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables can decrease the oxidative damage to LDL cholesterol, exerting a [...]

Sos Cuetara SA expects a record olive oil harvest in 2007-2008, against a medium-term backdrop which does not anticipate any surprise negative factors weighing on earnings, chairman Jesus Salazar said. In an interview with Thomson Financial News, Salazar said: Next year’s (olive oil) harvest is very, very good It’ll probably be a record. In the [...]

Recipe by Valli Little, Photography by Geoff Lung, Ingredients (serves 2) 1 small carrot, peeled 1 small cooked beetroot, peeled 1 tsp Dijon mustard 80ml (4 tbs) olive oil, plus extra for brushing 20ml (1 tbs) red wine vinegar 2 x 100g rounds soft goats’ cheese 1 tbs green olive tapenade 1 tbs black olive [...]

We all know that olives and the oil they produce is healthy. But did you know that the humble olive is now helping to combat pollution in industrial sewage water? It’s true, and Water – Air Quality / Agriculture News had this to say yesterday: A study carried out by Dr. German Tenorio Rivas, a [...]

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Par Christian Bauer, Ingénieur, naturopathe, thérapeute L’une des choses primordiales afin de consommer des huiles de qualité est de les acheter biologiques et de première pression à froid. – De qualité biologique pour éviter d’ingérer des pesticides et des OGM par exemple. – De première pression à froid car une huile chauffée et raffinée (le [...]

The Environment Ministry will establish a pilot plant by the end of this year to treat the liquid residue of the olive-pressing process, as it pollutes the soil and water resources. The JD500,000 EU-funded plant, to be built either at the Ikeider holding area or the Jordan University of Science and Technology, will start operating [...]