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An olive grower and processor from the New South Wales north coast has received a Churchill Fellowship to travel to Sicily and southern Italy. Alan Hodges will spend five weeks studying a water recycling process being pioneered in Sicilian factories as well as new green olive varieties. Mr Hodges says he believes Australia is yet […]

Recipe by Gary Mehigan, Photography by Louise Lister, Ingredients (serves 4) * 1/4 cup olive oil * 4 lamb backstraps * 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped * 2 lemons, rind finely grated * 1 cup pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped * 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, finely chopped Method Preheat oven to 120°C. Heat 1 […]

U.S. scientists have developed immunization methods that can offer long-term protection against Helicobacter pylori infections. University of California-Davis researchers said the new methods might also contribute to a possible ulcer vaccine. H. pylori is a bacterium colonizing the digestive tract of 50 percent of the world’s population. Infection can lead to chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer […]

Aspectrics produced an application note to describe the ability of its MultiComponent™ 2750 EP-NIR analyzer to achieve unequivocal quantification of corn, canola and olive oils. Coupled to an external Aspectrics halogen NIR source and a 2mm pathlength process transmission multimode fiber probe, the analyzer provides quantification of the percentage volume of corn, canola and olive […]

Dans le cadre du repeuplement et du rajeunissement de l’oliveraie, une enveloppe de 500 millions de dinars vient d’être allouée au secteur faisant, ces derniers temps, l’objet d’un intérêt particulier des pouvoirs publics qui mettent désormais le paquet sur l’oléiculture source de devises fortes, pour de nombreux pays, nos voisins des deux rives surtout. Des […]