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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
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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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By Rasheeda Bhagat,
The Mario Solinas awards for the best extra virgin olive oil, constituted by the International Olive Oil Council were given away at its headquarters in Madrid on November 15.
Each year the competition, widely known as the “Oscars in the world of olive oil” are getting more entries - this year a record number [...]

The first prize of the International Olive Oil Council, the “Mario Solinas 2007″ Quality Award in the medium fruitiness olive oil category, was won by a producer based in the town of Plomari on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos.
The firm Rafteli-Protouli M. Co was honored with the distinction.
Commendations in the extra virgin olive oil [...]

By Bora Erdin,
The olive and olive oil sector experienced a drastic decline in exports compared with October of last year, export figures for October 2007 revealed last week. Meanwhile, total exports of agriculture and stockbreeding sectors increased by 39.93 percent to $1.28 billion, according to the same figures.
The situation concerning olives and olive oil is [...]

Les olives sont récoltées depuis la mi-octobre et la sècheresse ne semble pas avoir contrarié la production sur les vergers irrigués. Un bon présage pour la qualité de l’huile nouvelle.
Avec des oliviers bien irrigués, un microclimat et un mode de ramassage rigoureux, la nouvelle huile s’annonce exceptionnelle. La nouvelle huile d’olive est en vente dès [...]

By Christian Porth,
Every year from early November until late January, farmers throughout Lebanon engage in the timeless ballet that is the olive harvest. Dating back to the Phoenicians in the 3rd century, the production of olive oil has remained one of Lebanon’s oldest industries. With olive oil a key ingredient in most traditional Lebanese foods, [...]

Par Galia Skander,
“Anatolive-Eurosie 2008″, le 2ème foire et congrès d’huile d’olive et des technologies reliées, qui aura lieu du 17 au 19 avril 2008 au centre des expositions d’Istanbul en Turquie, réunira tous les professionnels de la filière de l’huile d’olive dans la région méditerranéenne.
La Tunisie a un grand intérêt à y être présente que [...]

Written by syedalisafvi,
Under Horticulture Technology Mission ” Standardization of Agro-Techniques for Olive” programme, a one-day training-cum-demonstration session of officers, field functionaries of Horticulture Department and progressive farmers of district Udhampur and Reasi was organized by the Scientists of Sher-I-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu, here today. The Scientists who delivered lectures on “Olive [...]

Healthier margins from olive oil have driven a rise in nine-month profits at Spanish food firm SOS Cuetara.
Net income rose 10.8% to EUR13.5m (US$19.7m) in the nine months to the end of September.
Turnover, however, dipped 3.2% to EUR1.02bn.
In June, a company insider told just-food that SOS Cuetara was searching for a new acquisition in the [...]

By Lisa McKinnon,
In many parts of the country, a holiday home tour would be just that: a tour of homes. Ticketholders would march past gardens barren of leaves and flowers, or just plain covered in snow, in order to get to the main, preferably heated, attraction.
Not so in California and, in particular, Ojai.
Those attending this [...]