30 Nov
Silverbeet & olive tart with parmesan crust
Recipe by Valli Little,
Photography by Geoff Lung,
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Archive for November, 2007
29 Nov
USAID-funded training helps growers improve quality of olive harvest
Palestinian Growers Boost Production of Premium Olive Oil
By Grace Bradley,
Jerusalem — “Don’t think of it as oil. What you’re tasting is freshly squeezed olive juice,” says Ali Anabtawi, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) partner and manager of Near East Industries and Trade, a company that blends and bottles virgin olive oil from West [...]
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29 Nov
Happy 40th Anniversary, Olive Pit!
The Olive Pit, 2156 Solano St., is celebrating 40 years in business.
The Chamber congratulates them for a successful business that puts Corning on the map by attracting tourists. It also employs many.
Pete and Ann Craig had been olive growers since the early 1950s (and picked olives in the late 1940s and 1950s).
Pete helped operate the [...]
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27 Nov
Olives make a perfect appetizer
Olives are the fruit of a tree called Olea europaea. Olea is the Latin word for ‘oil’ reflecting its ancient Mediterranean history and its high oil content.
The oil, say nutritionists, is 75 per cent oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that has been shown in numerous medical studies to help lower blood cholesterol.
The International Olive Oil [...]
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27 Nov
Tunisie: Sousse - Campagne oléicole 2007/2008
Par Hichem Benzarti,
Une production record estimée à plus de 23.000 tonnes d’huile d’olive
La région de Sousse compte pas moins de 4.113.260 pieds d’olivier répartis sur une surface de 75.000 ha. Le plus grand nombre de pieds d’olivier a été recensé à M’saken qui détient le 1er rang avec 965.520 pieds, suivie de Kalaâ-Kébira (870.600), Enfidha [...]
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27 Nov
Filippo Berio Olive Oil is now available in India
Filippo Berio, world-famous olive oil brand, is now available in India in two varieties - Pure Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Known for its blending skills and stringent measures undertaken to source only the highest quality olive oil, Filippo Berio is a completely natural product, containing no preservatives, additives, artificial colour or flavour.
The brand [...]
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27 Nov
Italy: Olivagando. Oil and autumn festival
“OLIVAGANDO”, a cultural event scheduled for Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 November 2007,is organized by the Industry Department of the Municipality of Magione and sponsored by the Umbria Region.The event includes workshops, a conference and gastronomy stands
The conference focuses on the prospects of olive growing in the Trasimeno area, workshops and entertainment for children, a [...]
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23 Nov
Un marocain à la tête du Conseil oléicole international
Par MAP,
Le Marocain Mohammed Sbitri a été porté à la tête du Conseil oléicole international (COI), un organisme intergouvernemental, basé à Madrid, regroupant les pays membres de l’Union européenne (UE) et 13 autres pays du pourtour méditerranéen.
Le Conseil des membres du COI a désigné M. Sbitri au poste de Directeur exécutif de l’organisation spécialisée dans [...]
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23 Nov
Turkish Olive producers move toward trademarks
The president of the Olive and Olive Oil Union has said their long-term target is to use only trademarked products in their export operations.
Olive and Olive Oil Union President Cahit Çetin spoke with the Anatolia news agency yesterday. He said his union is number one in Turkey for the export of packaged olive products, holding [...]
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23 Nov
Olive, grape extracts keep bugs at bay to keep food on the shelf
By Stephen Daniells,
Natural extracts from olive and grape showed better anti-microbial activity against a bacteria and yeast than three synthetic antioxidants, showing their potential as food preservatives, says a new study.
[Source] Click here to continue
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22 Nov
Filière oléicole Algérienne vers une production 2007 record
Par D.D.
L’année 2007 sera, comme on le verra plus tard, l’une des meilleures en production oléicole et devra permettre de faire oublier les tumultes de l’année précédente, ayant entraîné une nette flambée du prix de l’huile d’olive.
Un cadre des services agricole (DSA) de Skikda rapporte à cet effet que « contrairement à la précédente campagne [...]
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21 Nov
Tunis : Le Famex lance une consultation sur l’huile d’olive pour le Japon et les USA !
Par A.M.
Le Cepex (Centre de Promotion des Exportations) a reçu un prêt de la Banque Internationale pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (Bird) en vue de financer le coût du Second Projet de Développement des Exportations (PDE II) dans sa composante Second Fonds d’Accès aux Marchés d’Exportation (Famex II), et se propose d’organiser au cours [...]
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21 Nov
Australia: Olea sells off olive assets in $18m deal
Struggling olive producer and marketer Olea Australis last night unveiled an $18.75 million deal to sell most of its flagship Dandaragan olive business to investment scheme giant Great Southern.
Olea, which last year restructured its relationship with investors in its olive managed investment schemes, said the sale included the Dandaragan olive groves, buildings and processing equipment [...]
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21 Nov
Gold of The gods - EVOO with 23k edible gold
Gold of the Gods is a superior EVOO obtained using a century old cold pressing process.
The olives used (Nocellara from Belice or Leccino) come from one single olive tree plantation situated in Sortino, Sicily.
But the addition of geniune 23k edible gold elevates this superior product to a true luxurious delight.
buy it for $25 here
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21 Nov
Israel: Sharp drop in olive harvest
Olive oil prices are expected to rise on tight supply.
This year’s olive harvest is expected to be much smaller than in 2006, amounting to 15,000 tons, compared with 40,000 tons. One reason for the poor harvest was last year’s drought.
Hani Hahashan of Kfar Marar, who won the Israel Olive Board’s “Outstanding olive oil” award this [...]
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