14 Jan

UC Davis Launches New Olive Oil Center

Hoping to do for olives and olive oil what it has done for grapes and wine, the University of California, Davis, today launched the first university-based olive research and education center in North America.
Plans for the new UC Davis Olive Center, which is part of the university’s Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food [...]

12 Oct

Mario Olive + A.Camacho = Mario Camacho Foods

Two family-owned food businesses, both suppliers and service providers to the olive and condiment market in North America, will merge in 2008.
Mario Olive Co., a division of Westin Foods of Omaha, Neb., and A. Camacho Inc. of Plant City, a subsidiary of Angel Camacho group, will merge, a Mario Camacho press release said.
No financial terms [...]

04 Oct

USA drawn to olive oil’s allure

By Joan Leotta,
In the past 20 years, olive oil has become more popular in American kitchens for its health benefits and its simply incredible taste, even though the silken “juice” of the olive costs more than other vegetable oils.
In fact, many California olive oil producers call it liquid gold. For example, a small bottle of [...]

29 Sep

Olive oil from trees planted in the 1860s has become a big hit for UC Davis

Thanks Dan for the infos ;o)
By Bill Lindelof,
The fruit of Yolo County olive trees owned by UC Davis and planted nearly 150 years ago by one of Northern California’s early pioneers is finding new customers.
John R. Wolfskill, who worked for $100 a year when he came to California in the 1830s, planted the trees in [...]

27 Jun

Chopin Vodka Launches National Competition to Create the Perfect Stuffing for the Chopin Extra Olives

Chopin Vodka Launches National Competition for Bartenders and Chefs to Create the Perfect Stuffing for the CEO Martini
The makers of Chopin Vodka have taken their search for the perfect olive to garnish their signature CEO (Chopin Extra Olives) Martini to the next level. Together with Wine Spectator and Food Arts magazines, Chopin Vodka has launched [...]

27 Jun

Long Grove business flows best of the press by the pint

Article by LONG HWA-shu,
Photo by Marina Samovsky,
A Long Grove store sells olive oil on tap to the delight of a growing number of oil lovers.
Not just several kinds, but as many as 22 from specialty producers in Spain, Italy, Greece, Australia, Chile, Argentina and also California.
The Olive Tap of Long Grove, which specializes in unique [...]

05 Jun

New Med diet symbol to flag up healthy goods

By Lorraine Heller,

A new Mediterranean diet packaging symbol was today launched in the US, and is set to enjoy significant success from food manufacturers keen to flag up products that meet the nutrition criteria of the diet.
Launched by nutrition group Oldways, the Med Mark can be used to promote the scientifically-backed healthfulness of a number [...]

22 May

Las Vegas – Gambling, Glamour and an Olive Bar…

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 [...]

22 May

US may increase olive and pomegranate imports from Azerbaijan

In the future the United States can increase live and pomegranate imports from Azerbaijan, said W. Kirk Miller General Sales Manager Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
“Azerbaijan’s having 9 [of 11] climate patterns [of the Earth] enables to export a variety of agricultural goods. There is not such a climate in [...]

18 May

Disease prevention turns over new leaf

RMIT University researchers have described the promising cardioprotective effects of an Australian olive leaf extract at the American Heart Association’s 7th Annual Conference in Denver, USA.
Indu Singh, who led the RMIT research team, said the olive extract reduced blood platelet aggregation in laboratory investigations.
“Polyphenols from this olive leaf extract significantly inhibited platelet aggregation in the [...]

08 May

Andersonville City Olive Oil

The theory goes that when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Good thing Kathy Rose had a different plan. When faced with a family crisis, Rose lost her parents to heart disease and cancer this former nurse took her passion for Europe and good-for-you food stuff and created City Olive, a cozy shop in [...]

06 May

Plush Dog Olive Toy

Available at target and Sharly loves it

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05 May

World health endorses eating olives

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 [...]

28 Apr

Olive trees in Florida? You bet

Text/photos by Kathy Edenhofer (Master gardener),
If you are looking for a unique item for your landscape, here is something that might peak your interest. Tucked away in Citra is a little jewel of a tree farm owned and operated by Tony and Shirley Valenza. At the Olive Branch Tree Farm they grow and sell olive [...]

28 Apr

FDA Olive Recall Does Not Affect Greek Olives

An update of this post.
From deTraci Regula,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced an olive recall as some olives produced in Italy are contaminated with botulism, a potentially deadly bacterium.
The affected labels include cans, glass jars & pouches of Cerignola, Nocerella & Castelvetrano olives produced under the names Borrelli, Bonta di Puglia, Cento, Corrado’s, [...]