15 Nov
By Hana Levi Julian,
Tens of thousands of acres in Judea and Samaria are blanketed with olive groves that now are bare of their fruit as one of the most successful harvest seasons in history draws to a close.
Palestinian Authority Arab farmers earned estimated revenues of more than $140 million from this year’s olive [...]
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12 Sep
BY Declan Varley,
Irish Quaker Faith in Action and Mount of Olives Imports combine to support special needs school in Gaza.
A Galway-based company set up to sell Palestinian Fairtrade olive oil in Ireland is supporting a special needs school in Gaza with funds to purchase speech lab equipment.
The help will ensure that many children with hearing [...]
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23 Jun
Last month, representatives of the Fairtrade Foundation and international Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO) held a workshop in Ramallah on the process of certification, Fairtrade price setting and producer support for Palestinian olive farmers.
Central to the workshop was Zaytoun, a UK-based co-operative community interest company (CIC). All of its suppliers attended and local co-ordination for the [...]
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04 Jun
Le consommateur équitable peut goûter des produits rares à travers le réseau de distribution Alter eco. L’huile de l’olive du Rif au Maroc et de Cisjordanie en Palestine sont vendu par ce label français.
L’internaute d’un simple clic peut soutenir les petits producteurs marocains du Rif ou palestinien de la petite coopérative du village de Taybeh [...]
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27 Mar
Olive traders from 12 countries flocked to the recently concluded International Olive Products and Technology Exhibition and Forum (IOTEX 2008) at the Amman Motor Show to develop a cooperative spirit, exchange expertise and put the international olive industry on a higher pedestal.
Around 100 merchants from Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Italy, Greece, France Turkey, Cyprus, [...]
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18 Oct
Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon announced on Thursday that he planned to fight the destruction of olive trees belonging to Palestinians by Jewish settlers.
Simchon made his comments after meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s Olive Council head, Army Radio reported. The minister promised him that he would formulate a plan of action in the matter in coordination [...]
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