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By A. Craig Copetas,
Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he’ll make it to America.
“I will only go when I’m a rich man,” said the 29-year-old manager of Di Bennardo [...]

By Stevie Ipsen,
CORNING - Though the town of Corning is not a large one, the streets of the Olive City seemed as deserted as a ghost town as people entered the city on Saturday - that is until they drove toward Woodson City Park, where not a parking spot could be found for blocks.
The 18th [...]

By Ramona Frances,
Unlike other commodities in Madera County, the fruit from olive-bearing orchards will not lead to a “bumper” crop this year. The price may be good, but this year’s yields aren’t as impressive.
“Some of the trees are looking good (this year), others don’t have anything on them at all,” said grower Jim Erickson said [...]

La police de Liège et les services de douanes ont mis la main sur 11 tonnes de cannabis stockées dans des fûts qui contenaient officiellement des olives. Les trafiquants avaient mis au point un système de fûts qui s’inspirent des poupées russes pour dissimuler la drogue. Des conteneurs de plus petites tailles remplis d’olives avaient [...]

By Stephen Daniells,
Supplementation with an olive extract decreased pain and inflammation, and improved the quality of life of people suffering from osteoarthritis, claims a new study.
Writing in the new issue of the journal Nutrition Research, researchers from Arizona State University and California-based company CreAgri report that the supplements also had the added benefit of decreasing [...]

By Tamara McLean,

Australians who regularly eat a Mediterranean-style diet rich in olive oil, vegetables and light cheese are halving their risk of dying from heart disease, research shows.
The benefits of the diet are well documented in Greece and Italy but a newly released Melbourne study has confirmed the same benefits can be reaped in Australia.
The [...]

By Judy Schultz,
Photo by Chris Schwarz,
When I was little, olives were reserved for special occasions. Only New Year’s Eve and visiting priests rated stuffed olives, the queen of all pickles.
The advent of Kraft Theatre on television moved olives down a notch or two on the specialness scale. Suddenly, everybody’s mom was using them. A commercial [...]

Tuscany’s 12 hills to become centre of biomass production - Chianti could become a production centre for renewable biomass energy thanks to an abundance of vegetable by-products from the cultivation of olives and grapes, in addition to livestock and wood farming.
The University of Florence already has an experimental project in place to study eventual uses [...]

By Martyn McLaughlin,
It is revered by chefs as the finest olive oil money can buy, and now Britain’s consumers are choosing to drizzle with the extra virgin variety in record numbers.
Sales of the oil reached an all-time high £71 million in the UK last year as Britons adopted a healthier Mediterranean diet.
Despite its high price, [...]

It’s been noticed by many that the people living in the Mediterranean basin have a lower than expected incidence of certain cancers. Many things have been thought to be responsible for this, climate and lifestyle, among others, but now it is believed that a diet high in extra virgin olive oil fat is the actual [...]

Wezi Tjaronda
Windhoek
Olive farming has great potential to become one of Namibia’s most important commercial crops.
When all the olive trees growing in the areas of Swakopmund, Hochfeld, Kalahari, Omaruru, Otavi, Orange and Namibia central have reached full production, the country will produce around 74 400 litres of oil but there will still be a shortfall of [...]

When you think of museums you tend to think of dry, dusty glass cases filled with old bones, or pottery. But that’s the Victorian image, and of course, museums worldwide have moved on. They’ve even moved on to the point where a theme, rather than an artifact, is honoured.
Olive oil is important to the Meditteranean [...]

Las Vegas is known primarily as a fun city, and so it is. But it’s not all casinos and glitz. In North Charleston Boulevard there’s an olive bar - a place where 22 varieties of olives and olive mixes can be sampled at very reasonable prices.
American people have recently embraced the humble olive as a [...]

Scientific research has discovered that the properties of pure extra virgin olive oil contain an ingredient that acts similarly to ibuprofen, though not so strong.
Nature journal has reported that olive oil has special anti-inflamatory properties, and that it is useful in helping to combat the effects of ailments such as arthritis.
The active ingredient is called [...]

Lately there is a lot of talk about the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. But what exactly is that?
Epidemiologic studies have shown that many people from Mediterranean countries can eat fatty diets and yet not have a high risk of heart disease.
Spaniards José Mataix of the University of Granada and Francisco Javier Barbancho of [...]

Olives are harvested in September but available year round to make a zesty addition to salads, meat and poultry dishes and, of course, pizza.
Olives cannot be eaten right off of the tree; they require special processing to reduce their intrinsic bitterness. These processing methods vary with the olive variety, region where they are cultivated and [...]

By h.b,

A mixture of politicians, sportsmen and journalists are expected to take part in an olive stone spitting competition to be held in Murcia on Saturday.
One of the organisers of the event, which will be held in the Plaza Cardenal Belluga has said that all the main party leaders, and even the King have been [...]

Cibo Specialty Foods Issues Nationwide Alert on Potential Botulism Risk Associated with Specific Lots from Eight Varieties of Dal Raccolto Brand Olives

Contact: Mickey Colombo 718-967-6858
Cibo Specialty Foods, a division of Colavita USA, L.L.C. of Linden, N.J., is voluntarily recalling the following olive products sold under the “DAL RACCOLTO” brand. Immediately stop using the product. Testing [...]

The Fifth National Olive Festival will be held in Kerman on May 9-10 with an aim to encourage olive cultivation in desert areas and remove problems facing olive growers.
Deputy head of Kerman Agriculture Jihad Department, Hossein Mirzabeigi, told IRNA, “Olive originated from Iran. Considering that the plant is adaptable to dry conditions, we need to [...]

Olive company to open packing plant in S.M.
By Malia Spencer,
Officials with the Santa Barbara Olive Co. were set to purchase a building and expand their company south to Oxnard - until they saw what Santa Maria had to offer.
Now, the firm is looking to take possession of a building on Skyway Drive for a food [...]

By Scott Kaul
Photo Whitney Ramirez,
When connoisseurs think of Lodi, they of course think of fine wine.
But George Cecchetti and Karen Chandler are hoping that with a small crop of Manzanilla olive trees in their front yard and the power of small-town word of mouth, Lodi will soon be known for yet another high-quality product: olive [...]

Olive trees are recommended by many cities for street plantings. Bay Flora’s new neighborhood olive tree planting program supports neighborhoods in appropriate climates who want to plant olive trees along their streets.
Berkeley, CA (PRWEB) February 12, 2007 — Bay Flora, an online nursery that offers unusual edible plants and related items, is pleased to announce [...]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Oil Development Board has grafted 90,000 wild olive trees with European type trees in Lower Dir district over the last five years, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bossan told the National Assembly during question hour on Thursday.
He said that the PODB had not established a separate project in the district, [...]

Spanish medical researchers say they have discovered a new potential benefit of olive oil for people suffering from peptic ulcer disease.
The scientists say extra virgin olive oil — already providing an array of health benefits — might help prevent and treat Helicobacter pylori infections, which cause millions of cases of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease [...]

By Tarek Amara and Zakia Abdennebi,
TUNIS/RABAT (Reuters) - The world’s growing taste for olive oil is pouring new life into parts of rural North Africa, where the golden liquid has been a staple since ancient times.
However, drought, archaic production methods and poor marketing are a challenge for local producers facing growing competition as more countries [...]