Archive for April, 2008

30 Apr

Texas Olive Ranch’s Texas Extra Virgin Olive Oil

By Karen Haram,

Extra-virgin olive oil from Carrizo Springs? You’d better believe it.
Texas Olive Ranch’s Texas Extra Virgin Olive Oil is now being carried at Central Market. The golden-hued oil is made by cold-pressing the Arbequina olives from Carrizo Springs, producing a buttery rich oil with a strong peppery finish. The bottle’s label describes the [...]

29 Apr

A L’Olivier Huile D’Olive a Tartiner au Citron

Here’s something you don’t see every day, a product that gives itself a makeover.
It starts off as one thing, and then changes into something better, at first glance, this dairy substitute doesn’t look particularly appealing in a good light, it resembles lemon curd; from an unflattering angle it squawks ‘chicken fat’ so our hopes weren’t [...]

28 Apr

California Olive oil: for love or money

By Tina Caputo,
California olive oil history dates back hundreds of years to the late 1700s, when the first olive trees were brought over from Spain. As the industry grew, olive trees became a common sight in Northern California and the Central Valley, and olive oil processing mills began opening to meet demand for the golden [...]

27 Apr

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27 Apr

India: Fresh stocks of imported olive oil yet to arrive

Consumers anticipating a decline in olive oil prices post duty reduction will have to wait for a few more days as fresh stocks imported after April 1 have not yet reached the market.
“We expect olive oil prices to go down by around 15 per cent, but a clear picture will emerge by mid-May because the [...]

27 Apr

Origin of Olives in South Africa

In 1902, after completing his studies at Saint Illario Agricultural College in Genoa, Ferdinando Costa arrived in Cape Town to assist his brother Raphael, who had set up a successful nursery in Wynberg. After a few years, Ferdinando was able to obtain his own small piece of land opposite the new Fernwood Estate in Newlands [...]

27 Apr

Interview with VN Dalmia, President of the Indian Olive Oil Association

President Dalmia, India decided to invest so much in olive oil market. Somebody is talking about a new Olive orchard model in the area called Rajasthan. Particularly they are intentioned to invest using very modern and high technologically irrigated systems. Why are you spending so much attention to olive cultivation?
In reality, I do not think [...]

26 Apr

Olive d’Or 2008 - 2nd edition - The winners of the Olive Oil’s International Contest

Thursday evening was announced the Nine winners of the Olive d’Or 2008 contest during the Canadian Gala hosted by Agri-Food Export Group Quebec-Canada. 105 olive oils from 18 country participated to this second edition organized by SIAL Montréal.
Olive d’Or is an international extra virgin olive oil contest, respecting the norms of the “International Olive Oil [...]

24 Apr

Spain: Sales of organic olive oil increased

In Spain, approximately 8.5 million kilograms of organic olive oil were put on the market in 2007. This quantity made olive oil the most important product regarding economic value and trade volume generated in the organic sector. According to the data of the Andalusian Committee for Organic Agriculture (CAAE), sales of this product increased by [...]

24 Apr

Shaking up olives

Avon man giving the small oval fruit some extra flavor
By Ryan Ori
Spices have always brought variety to Dana Parson’s food.
After years of experimenting with unique flavorings on food, this rural Avon resident is preparing to introduce his latest creation, Bridgeview Olives, to consumers. The fledgling company offers marinated olives with flavors such as pizza, tamale [...]

23 Apr

California: Big olive mill in works

By Jim Downing,
Oroville-based California Olive Ranch Inc. plans to break ground today near Artois, Glenn County, on what it says will be the largest olive oil mill in North America.
The plant, which the company hopes to begin operating in October, will be able to process 76,000 gallons of olive oil a day, according to California [...]

22 Apr

Padma Lakshmi Tries Spanish Olives/Olive Oils

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR6BS9UJICQ

22 Apr

Inauguration par Sa Majesté le Roi du Maroc d’une oliveraie à technologie espagnole

Le 3 Avril 2008, Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI a procédé à l’inauguration d’une plantation mécanisée d’oliviers (orientée par GPS) de variétés espagnoles (Arbequina et Arbossana) et grecques (Koroneiki) appartenant à la Société AGRO HEALTH et située dans la région marocaine de Beni-Mellal.
Cette plantation a été conçue et conduite techniquement par la Société espagnole [...]

22 Apr

Olive oil industry, production getting bigger by moment

By Reed Fujii,
LODI - Olive oil production in California is a hot ticket.
About 130 people joined in a two-day class offered Friday and Saturday in Lodi by the University of California, and others had to be turned away, said Dan Flynn, executive director of the UC Davis Olive Center. California olive oil production still is [...]

22 Apr

Natural preservative from olives keeps fish fresh

By Stephen Daniells,

Hydroxytyrosol, a natural polyphenol from olives, may extend the shelf-life of fish products to the same extent as synthetic preservatives, suggests new research.
Fish is notoriously difficult to incorporate into formulations since the oil is highly susceptible to oxidation. The result is a fishy taste and smell which can be off-putting for consumers.
However the [...]

21 Apr

Aegean City’s Olive Oil In Europe

A company from Turkish western province of Aydin will set up an olive oil filling facility in Romania to reach European consumers.
Ortak Entrepreneurs Corp. chairman, Ozcan Guven, told reporters on Friday that they would establish the facility in Ramnicu Valcea city, and the facility would start production within four months.
Guven said that nearly 80 people [...]

21 Apr

Italian police arrest 39 over fake olive oil export

Italian police have arrested 39 people and seized truckloads of fake olive oil destined for the United States, Germany and Switzerland to be sold at a big profit.
Police said on Monday they seized 25,000 litres (5,500 gallons) of the fake oil. The gang was adding flavouring and colourants to vegetable oil and slapping false labels [...]

20 Apr

California olive oils are growing on us

By Greg Atkinson,
Last September, when I was in California, I enjoyed a picnic in the shade of some enormous old olive trees. The tables were covered with Provençal fabrics, and when we sat down to eat, we were greeted with bright green olive oil poured onto plates for dipping the artisanal breads that awaited us [...]

17 Apr

Essential Living Foods - Organic Olives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMIT9FGe8Ww

16 Apr

Cortopassi plans major olive oil expansion

By Ross Farrow,

The domestic olive oil business shows such potential that Cortopassi Partners plans to increase production to 12 times more than it currently does at its plant southeast of Lodi.
The San Joaquin County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing tonight on Cortopassi’s use permit application to expand its plant. If approved, Cortopassi will [...]

13 Apr

International Council of Olive’s meeting will be held in Iran

Thirty-first meeting of this council will be held in Tehran in the month Khordad for two days.
(IANA) – “After this meeting, which will be held with participation of representatives and specialists of member countries of this Council, an intensive training course regarding non-irrigated cultivation of Olive in Iran will be held,” said the executive manager [...]

13 Apr

Pakistan: Govt planning to boost olive oil production

By Ijaz Kakakhel,
Realising importance of olive oil, the government is planning to encourage its production for meeting local requirements as well as for the export purposes.
An official in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock told Daily Times here on Saturday there is a lot of potential for olive cultivation in the country.
According to an [...]

10 Apr

Port Lincoln, South Australia: Record olive harvest expected

The region’s olive trees are bursting with fruit this year, after a low yield in 2007 due to drought.
The olive industry is looking up for Eyre Peninsula, with a record amount of olives, according to olive press operator and olive grower Peter Green.
Mr Green started harvesting his olives with the mechanical harvester he part-owns last [...]

09 Apr

Greece, Olive Museum in Kavala

An old oil mill abandoned since 1970 in Eleochori, near Kavala in northeastern Greece, has been restored to house the area’s Olive Museum, where visitors can learn about Greek history and folklore down through the centuries through olive products.
The oil mill, built in 1950, had a direct impact on the region, signaling an era of [...]

09 Apr

Olive oil prices set to decline in India

With the Centre reducing the customs duty on all grades of olive oil to 7.5 per cent from the previous rates of 45 per cent on virgin olive oil and 40 per cent on refined olive oil, prices of olive oil are likely to come down by up to 15 per cent on the stocks [...]