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By Heather Hacking, It’s not technically winter yet, but you wouldn’t know that with frost on the windshields in morning and the trip to the morning shower including being able to see your breath. Yet, while humans are bundling up, area crops have not been affected by the chilly temperatures. Bigger threats to the industry [...]

the XIIIth edition of Expoliva, the Internacional Fair of Olive Oil and Allied Industries, that it will be held from the 16th to the 19th May 2007 in Jaén, Andalusia, with the certainty that it will show again the strength of the olive oil sector and the olive grove that produces it. Ferias Jaén has [...]

Nuclear magnetic resonance could very soon solve the problems linked to counterfeit and sophistication of extra-virgin olive oil, particularly protected olive oils using specific kinds of olives, an investigation by the Trace project, tracing food commodities in Europe, shows; the project is financed by the EU in order to find methods and systems to allow [...]

Judith Snively, importer, promoter and distributor of the Kardámili line of olive oils, holds a tasting demonstration in the specialty foods section of Spec’s in Midtown. About $340,000 of Chilean olive oil was imported to the U.S. this year through September. By Jelania Moreno, At the Spec’s store in Midtown, Houstonian Stefanos Giannaris tasted bread [...]

Nearly 300 olive trees were donated and planted on Sunday 12 November by ST Microelectronics and its employees at the Kennedy Grove, Salina Bay, to support the local 34U afforestation campaign. Every year, ST contributes hundreds of trees to local communities for groves, playing-fields and schools. To date, around 11,000 trees have been donated, reinforcing [...]

By Kim Sue-young, The Greek Embassy in Korea hosted the “Greek Olive Oil and Food Festival” at the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul last Monday. The event was to introduce Greek olive oil boasting a unique taste and quality to Koreans who are not familiar with the small oval fruit. The olive is one of [...]

California Olive Growers, former producers of Oberti Olives, have ceased operation and closed their Madera, CA facility. All equipment from the factory will be sold at a public auction starting on Tuesday, October 10th. The humble beginnings of Oberti Olives began in the 1930′s on a family-run farm, where Oberti began producing olive oil. The [...]

Examine Major Olive Varieties Grown in Different Regions: Olive Oil Strategic Business Report DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 18, 2006–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c40857) has announced the addition of “Olive Oil – Global Strategic Business Report” to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Olive Oil in Thousand Tons.