27 Mar
Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Recipe by Gemma Luongo,
Photography by Mark O’Meara
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
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Archive for March, 2009
24 Mar
Bumper olive harvest expected in Western Australia
The Department of Food and Agriculture is predicting this year’s olive harvest will be one of the best in years.
Harvesting near Dongara began at the weekend and will move further south to Gingin before wrapping up around June and July.
The department’s Dick Taylor says production is expected to rise by 3,000 tonnes to 15,000 tonnes [...]
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22 Mar
Olive oil loses antioxidants after six months storage
A new study has discovered that if olive oil has been sitting on the shelf for six months, it can lose up to 40 percent of its health benefits.
The research was carried out an analysis on several varieties of extra-virgin olive oil produced from groves in the Italian countryside at production and during storage.
It was [...]
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22 Mar
Olives and Olive Oil Trivia
Test your knowledge with this little Trivia.
A. What is the average life span of an olive tree?
300 years
450 years
600 years
All of the above
B. Which country produces the most olive oil today?
Spain
Italy
France
Greece
C. How many varieties of olives are there in the world?
10
25
70
More than 100
D. How much of the world’s supply of olive oil is made in [...]
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21 Mar
6th Edition of Vinolive, a Turkish Olive and Olives Oil Fair
The Aegean province of Izmir will host the Sixth Vinolive Olives, Olive Oil and Technology Fair between May 21 and 24.
Georgian Minister of Agriculture Bakur Kvezereli had a meeting with IZFAS’s director general Dogan Isleyen, and received information about the upcoming fair.
More than 150 Turkish and foreign companies are expected to join the VINOLIVE to [...]
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18 Mar
NZ: CRI denies involvement in olive oil judging scandal
By Allan Swann,
Plant & Food Research is distancing itself from a recent Olives NZ judging scandal, claiming its involvement had nothing to do the outcome that saw head judge Margaret Edwards award her own oil first place.
Plant and Food Research, formerly HortResearch, provided venues, equipment and logistics for the event, but spokesman Roger Bourne tells [...]
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18 Mar
Farmers strike Olive oil in Texas
By John Griffin,
Farming was always something that interested Jim Henry, when he was younger, he thought Texas would be the perfect place to grow grapes, but the experts told him it was impossible, given the terrain.
More recently, he decided the Lone Star State would be perfect for olives. Again, people called it folly. This time, [...]
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18 Mar
USDA approval for 1st U.S. Release of Authentic Olive Trees From Israel
With a hard-earned U.S. Department of Agriculture signoff now in hand, TreeswithMeaning.com becomes one of the first companies in the U.S. approved to bring living olive trees from Israel to the North American market.
For owners–and brothers–Bruno and Jerome Schneider, building the company was an intricate business challenge requiring four years of negotiations, planning and [...]
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13 Mar
Croatia: Punat Days of Olives festival has begun
The 12th “Days of Olives” festival started this weekend in Punat on the Island of Krk in the northern Adriatic and will continue until 19 October.
Visitors will have a chance to participate in the olive harvest as well as in olive processing and to attend gastronomical, cultural and and other programmes.
Days of Olives will also [...]
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12 Mar
$450,000 Embezzled From SB Olive Co
Sheriff deputies arrested 39-year-old Cathy Latou who, reportedly admitted to embezzling over $360,000 from the Santa Barbara Olive Company.
The owners of the company contacted the sheriff’s department on Monday, after Latou reportedly confessed to the theft.
After a further investigation, sheriff officials discovered Latou may have taken an additional $90,000. Investigators believe the majority of funds [...]
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12 Mar
Croatia: Olive harvest enough for 51,000 hectolitres of olive oil
According to estimates of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development they are expecting a harvest of 38,000 tons of olives or 51,000 hectolitres of olive oil in Croatia.
The best harvest is expected in Dubrovnik-Neretva county and the worst in Sibenik-Knin and Zadar counties, especially on the islands where the expected harvest is up to [...]
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12 Mar
Slippery problem for New Zealand olive grower
Olive oil producers are concerned that one of the gold medal winning oils in last year’s Olives New Zealand Awards is produced by one of the judges.
Marlborough olive grower Mark Heard says there is a lot to be gained by winning an award as it makes a product more attractive to stockists. He has tried [...]
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12 Mar
Environment-friendly Olive Oil Factory
Here are some pictures of Olisur Olive Oil’s new and Eco friendly factory.
More pictures and details here
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12 Mar
Gold and Silver Medals Awarded to California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oils
Arbequina, Arbosana, and Koroneiki Recognized at the First Annual California Olive Oil Council Competition
California Olive Ranch (COR), North America’s largest olive oil producer, received three medals from The California Olive Oil Council (COOC) for their 2008 harvest extra virgin olive oils: Both the single varieties Arbequina and Arbosana earned gold and COR’s single variety [...]
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