17 Feb
Chili: 6,000-year-old seasoning?
Scientists found fossil evidence that ancient Americans from southern Peru up to the Bahamas were cultivating varieties of chilies about 6,000 years ago.
23 Jan
WTO to investigate EU complaint against Mexico over olive oil duties
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization has begun an investigation into a complaint brought by the European Union that Mexico has charged illegal duties on EU olive oil, officials said Tuesday.
The EU lodged an initial complaint to the Geneva-based trade arbitration body in December, after months of negotiations between Brussels and Mexico failed to resolve the [...]
19 Dec
Mexico Blocks Probe of Olive Oil Duties
Mexico has temporarily blocked a World Trade Organization investigation into whether duties it imposes on European olive oil violate international commerce rules, officials said Tuesday.
However, an investigative panel will automatically be established next month, if the 25-nation European Union repeats its complaint at the WTO’s dispute settlement body, trade officials said.
The move to bring the [...]
13 Dec
Offering a taste of Chilean gold
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 dipped in [...]
14 Nov
Embrapa tests Moroccan olive tree cultivation
By Isaura Daniel,
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum,
Approximately one year ago, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) planted 40 different types of olive trees in the Brazilian semi-arid. The seedlings came from eight different countries, including Morocco. In 2008, they should begin bearing fruits, which will attest to the viability of olive planting in the country.
20 Jun
In Paso, oil and wine can mix
By Jeanne Kinney,
Joshua Yaguda, co-owner of Pasolivo Olive Oil, is proving that Paso Robles is more than wine country.
Yaguda, his wife, Joeli, and his mother, Karen Guth, run the 140-acre Willow Creek Olive Ranch, where each year about 50 laborers are able to hand-pick up to 10 tons of olives a day. After picking, the [...]
13 Jun
Olives, emus and snails power Chile’s move into health markets
By Paul Harris,
Olivier Leleux shades his eyes from the intense Chilean sun while riding horseback through olive groves on a mountain near Catemu in Chile’s Aconcagua Valley, an hour north of Santiago.
This is perfect olive country, he says: it has no olive fly (which harms fruit) and the extreme day-night temperature difference is good for [...]
