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olive growers in the Central Valley saying damage from the severe January freeze has become evident in California olive groves. The Olive Growers Council says young trees planted in colder areas seem hardest hit. One farmer lost about half of a 30-acre grove. The freeze also damaged bud wood on mature trees, which will produce […]

A major olive industry expo will be held just west of Brisbane later this month. The 2007 Queensland Olive Expo is a three-day olive event which will be held at Woodlands of Marburg, just outside of Brisbane, on June 16-19. Hosted by The Olive Centre in conjunction with the Queensland Olive Council, this event is […]

By Shiv Ambardar, Olive oil should be the only oil that should be used in cooking if you are really health conscious. Most people don’t know that Olive oil is extracted from olive juice. Olive oil is cold pressed olive juice from which the oil has been separated out. If it is done at room […]

By Harold McGee, FOR a newcomer to the world of olive oil connoisseurship, the sound effects from the 20 or so tasters at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, Calif., were startling. The low murmurs of discussion were punctuated by loud, sharp slurps, and loud, sharp coughs. Slurps and coughs, hour after hour. On […]

Broadcaster, author, writer, star-dancer and journalist – now Paul Holmes adds olive oil maker to his colourful CV. Holmes has just released his own exclusive range of olive oils, pressed from fruit grown on his Hawke’s Bay property Mana Lodge. The energetic Mr Holmes is producing two varieties of award-winning oil, Leccino and Frantoio. They […]