Archive for December, 2007

20 Dec

Summer storms decimate Australian olive groves

Severe summer storms are rolling across the southern and eastern states, in what is being tipped as one of the biggest weather fronts this year. In South Australia, olive growers near Pinaroo, in South Australia’s Mallee, have sustained considerable losses, and set their crops back at least two years. Manager of Barkworth Olive Grove, Ken […]

19 Dec

Tunisie: la filière huile d’olive en danger

Par Galia Skander, La production d’huile d’olive pour la saison agricole 2007-2008 est estimée à 130.000 tonnes, et ce, pour la 5ème année consécutive, permettant à la Tunisie d’occuper le 4ème rang mondial en matière d’exportation. Toutefois, le problème de l’huile d’olive ne se situe pas au niveau de la production, mais au niveau du […]

17 Dec

Santo Stefano inaugurates an ecological olives’ press

How can olives produce “green” electric power?? Lucchi and Guastalli, an olive oil producing firm of Santo Stefano di Magra, in Liguria’s eastern province has recently inaugurated a new kind of olive-pressing machine, which could herald a real technological revolution in the arch-shaped Italian region, noted to be the major olive-producer of Northern Italy. The […]

17 Dec

USAID-Workshop for 40 Yemenis held to improve olive production, harvest

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) organized during the period from 15th to 17th for 40 trainees from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and different governorates on means of improving olive production and harvest. The workshop also aimed at enlighten participants on the theoretical and practical aspects of olive production and maintenance of […]

17 Dec

Antibacterial olives don’t ferment

by Jon Evans, By using a combination of liquid chromatography (LC), mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, Spanish food scientists have managed to uncover several novel antibacterial compounds in table olives. This work should not only help to highlight the health benefits of eating olives, but also lead to a better understanding […]