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		<title>U.S. Customs finds olive fruit flies in San Diego</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Olive fruit fly larvae were found on fresh olives that a passenger from Lebanon was trying to carry into San Diego International Airport, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. &#160; Agriculture specialists working at the airport on Oct. 4 found several olive fruit fly larvae on almost nine pounds of fresh olives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Californian vs European Olive Oils Challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2011/10/19/californian-vs-european-olive-oils-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American food lovers have long taken for granted that only olive oils from the Mediterranean are worth buying preferably with an olive tree, an Italian flag and some words like &#8220;authentic cold pressed&#8221; on the bottle. &#160; &#160; &#160; Olives going to the washer and then the pressing mill. But in the last decade, California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What about an Olive Tree Bonsai on your Patio?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few broadleaf trees can equal the Olive as material for bonsai. The small leaves and massive deadwood trunks of the Mediterranean Olive (Olea Europa) make it a natural for bonsai &#8211; yet the Olive is one tree that was never used for bonsai by the Japanese or the Chinese. &#160; Background: The Olive is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California tightens olive oil labeling rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; California&#39;s burgeoning olive oil producers are counting on a newly enacted state labeling law to persuade more consumers that American brands are more virginal than their imported rivals. &#160; The measure, signed into law on Friday by Governor Jerry Brown, tightens the definitions of various calibers of olive oil, such as &#34;virgin&#34; and &#34;extra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olive oil tasting event at Kendall College of Culinary Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Kendall College of the Culinary Arts in Chicago&#160;hosted yesterday a unique event showcasing one of the most essential products in the kitchen: olive oil. Proceeds to benefit Common Threads. &#160; &#160; The event hosted by world-renowned olive oil expert, Alfonso J. Fernandez features a presentation, olive oil tasting, tapas and wine all set in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Californian Olive growers decry foreign subsidies</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2011/10/05/californian-olive-growers-decry-foreign-subsidies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life as a California olive farmer isn&#8217;t exactly easy these days, farmers say U.S. government is hurting, not helping.&#160;The number of olives harvested across the state this season is expected to shrivel by about 86 percent from last year. The price schedule for growers is the same as last season despite the dried-up supply. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bell Carter Foods in Corning, CA is bustling</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2011/10/05/bell-carter-foods-in-corning-ca-is-bustling-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The olive plant is the largest ripe olive producer in the world. The company processes 52,000 tons of olives a year on average, keeping it&#39;s 400 employees hard at work. But this years olive crops are falling a bit short thanks to mother nature. &#34; Weather we&#39;re having now can offset next years harvest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hernando County couple hoping olive business takes root</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2011/10/02/hernando-county-couple-hoping-olive-business-takes-root/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As they wound through the Italian countryside in January, Cambren Davis and Deirdre Rizzo were struck by the picture postcard images all around them. A seed of an idea was growing as they took in the landscape. Everywhere, they saw lush olive trees. Whenever they stopped to eat, there were olives on the table. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmer looks to start olive oil industry in South Oregon</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/14/farmer-looks-to-start-olive-oil-industry-in-south-oregon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ron Brown, With Southern Oregon establishing it&#8217;s reputation for growing grapes, another warm climate crop is starting to take root. More than 130 acres between Jacksonville and Medford are the beginning of what some hope will be an olive oil industry in the Rogue Valley. Olive tree Grower Jeff Hoyal has planted more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Californian Olive Oil Labels reflect new data</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/03/californian-olive-oil-labels-reflect-new-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As California&#8217;s olive oil industry expands and refines, designations of various grades of oil are becoming more distinct and more identifiable. Consumers will face challenges as they learn to differentiate between extra virgin (high-quality) and oil pressed from the pomace of cull olives. All of the oil is expected to move through one market level [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Californian Olive Trend</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/06/30/the-new-californian-olive-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new trend is changing the olive industry in the north state, now it&#8217;s all about the oil olives and the expensive liquid gold they produce. In the olive city, there&#8217;s a new boom surrounding the fruit, Vice President of Crane Mills Brian Crane says, “The olive oil industry is what wine was decades ago.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olive growers&#8217; crops looking sparse</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/06/17/olive-growers-crops-looking-sparse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie R. Johnson, Officials are scratching their heads as to why this year’s olive crop is the pits. “The crop looked really good early on,” said Doug Compton, assistant commissioner of the Tehama County Agriculture Department. “But then we began hearing reports of poor fruit set from olive growers.” Across the state, Tehama County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>an Importer fights state&#8217;s stricter olive oil laws</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/06/11/an-importer-fights-states-stricter-olive-oil-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Lockhart, The state&#8217;s strict new olive oil standards have left a bad taste in the mouth of one New York food importer who is arguing in court the rules are unfair, flaunt federal law and are hurting business. Dennis Kangadis, vice president of New York-based Kangadis Food Inc., also known as The Gourmet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McEvoy Ranch in northern Marin unveils windmill</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/06/11/mcevoy-ranch-in-northern-marin-unveils-windmill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rob Rogers, Photo Frankie Frost, Publishing heiress Nan McEvoy hopes a once-controversial 98-foot-tall windmill on her northern Marin ranch will become an inspiration for farmers and others interested in leaving fossil fuels behind. &#8220;I know there is nothing my mother is prouder of,&#8221; said Nion McEvoy, who spoke on his mother&#8217;s behalf during a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UC Davis Olive Oil Conference Welcomes Public and Culinary Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.olives101.com/2009/06/06/uc-davis-olive-oil-conference-welcomes-public-and-culinary-professionals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooking enthusiasts and olive oil aficionados are invited to join food professionals from around the world June 21-23 at UC Davis for an international conference exploring the best production practices, sensory qualities and culinary possibilities for the highest quality extra virgin olive oil. “Beyond Extra Virgin,” the largest conference on olive-oil excellence ever held in [...]]]></description>
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