Archive for 2007

30 Sep

Sidi Bouathmane, Maroc: Une oliveraie en «libre-service»

Par Badra Berrissoule, ·Un producteur propose de faire soi-même son huile ·Objectif: écouler la production sans passer par les intermédiaires «Achetez vos olives et produisez votre propre huile». C’est le slogan de la nouvelle unité de production d’huile qui devrait voir le jour en novembre prochain à Sidi Bouathmane, à une vingtaine de kilomètres de […]

29 Sep

Pre-harvest Tour & Feast at the Historic Wolfskill Ranch

UC Davis Olive Oil, Yolo County Agriculture and Marketing Initiative & Slow Food Yolo present a Pre-Harvest Tour and Feast at the Historic Wolfskill Ranch in Winters October 13, 2007 10:30 am Location: 4334 Putah Creek Road, Winters, CA Program here (pdf) Tickets available online here

29 Sep

Olive oil from trees planted in the 1860s has become a big hit for UC Davis

Thanks Dan for the infos ;o) By Bill Lindelof, The fruit of Yolo County olive trees owned by UC Davis and planted nearly 150 years ago by one of Northern California’s early pioneers is finding new customers. John R. Wolfskill, who worked for $100 a year when he came to California in the 1830s, planted […]

29 Sep

Qazvin, the second Olive producer of Iran

Harvest operations of Olive have been started over 4 Thousand Hectares of fruitful gardens of this province. Translated By: Aref Mohammadzadeh, (IANA) – “15 Thousand Tons of Olive are harvested for canning and making Olive oil,” predicted Masoud Rabbani. “Harvesting for canning has been started and that of oil will be started in November,” he […]

28 Sep

All about Californian olive oil

By Marilyn Campbell, California is striking oil — olive oil that is. Revelations about the health benefits of olive oil have led to a steady increase in American olive oil consumption. According to the California Olive Oil Council, sales of U.S. produced olive oil has increased 20 percent each year for the last five years. […]