29 Nov
Palestinian Growers Boost Production of Premium Olive Oil By Grace Bradley, Jerusalem — “Don’t think of it as oil. What you’re tasting is freshly squeezed olive juice,” says Ali Anabtawi, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) partner and manager of Near East Industries and Trade, a company that blends and bottles virgin olive oil […]
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29 Nov
The Olive Pit, 2156 Solano St., is celebrating 40 years in business. The Chamber congratulates them for a successful business that puts Corning on the map by attracting tourists. It also employs many. Pete and Ann Craig had been olive growers since the early 1950s (and picked olives in the late 1940s and 1950s). Pete […]
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27 Nov
Olives are the fruit of a tree called Olea europaea. Olea is the Latin word for ‘oil’ reflecting its ancient Mediterranean history and its high oil content. The oil, say nutritionists, is 75 per cent oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that has been shown in numerous medical studies to help lower blood cholesterol. The International […]
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27 Nov
Par Hichem Benzarti, Une production record estimée à plus de 23.000 tonnes d’huile d’olive La région de Sousse compte pas moins de 4.113.260 pieds d’olivier répartis sur une surface de 75.000 ha. Le plus grand nombre de pieds d’olivier a été recensé à M’saken qui détient le 1er rang avec 965.520 pieds, suivie de Kalaâ-Kébira […]
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27 Nov
Filippo Berio, world-famous olive oil brand, is now available in India in two varieties – Pure Olive Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Known for its blending skills and stringent measures undertaken to source only the highest quality olive oil, Filippo Berio is a completely natural product, containing no preservatives, additives, artificial colour or flavour. […]
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