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La Tunisie a participé, du 8 au 10 juillet 2007, à la 53ème édition du salon international des produits Agro-alimentaires “Fancy Food Show”, à New York. Une dizaine d’entreprises tunisiennes ont exposé une variété de produits agro-alimentaires, notamment l’huile d’olive extra vierge, en bouteilles, et huiles biologiques, les dattes naturelles fraîches et conditionnées, les semi-conserves, […]

By Judith W. Winne, Olives have a rich history. They go way back. Olive trees are among the oldest cultivated trees in the world, grown before written language was invented, according to the Web site oliveoilsource. The site notes that olive oil anointed early kings of the Greeks and the Jews, as well as triumphant […]

Researchers from the University of Granada and Hospital Carlos III in Madrid, verified that maslinic acid – found in wax from olive skin – inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment. Olive oil has become part of the fight against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus […]

Hossein Yousefi told IRIBNews on Sunday that Iran, which is the current president of the International Olive Council, issued identification cards for 300,000 olive trees in the year to March 2007. He stressed that the councils member-states have welcomed Irans export plan. At present, each olive sapling is priced between three and seven dollars in […]

As the demand for healthier food alternative grows, a top Spanish grower is bringing ‘green gold’ rush to the state By Jenalia Moreno, VILLA DEL RIO, SPAIN — Texas is the new frontier for olive oil, the world’s “green gold.” The state already has a small olive oil industry, but now that Spanish food giant […]