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Par Nathalie Harel, Une huile d’olive israélo-jordano-palestinienne dans les rayons ? Le vice premier ministre Shimon Pérès ainsi que le ministre de l’agriculture israélien Shalom Simhon réfléchissent à la possibilité de planter 4 millions d’oliviers avec la Jordanie et L’Autorité Palestinienne pour produire de l’huile. Selon ce plan initié par Péres, l’huile sera commercialisée sous […]

Par Robert Beauchemin, Au dernier Salon international de l’alimentation de Montréal, neuf huiles d’olive extravierges, testées à l’aveugle, ont été primées parmi plus de 400 à l’issue du concours Olive d’Or. Des huiles d’origines aussi diverses que l’Italie et l’Espagne bien entendu, mais aussi Israël, l’Australie, la Californie et la Slovénie. Parmi les lauréats, on […]

Olive growers are restructuring their national and state bodies, so they have a single voice to lobby government. Until now, the Australian Olive Association has not been legally able to represent state councils. Growers say it will make olive growing a mainstream agribusiness industry after being considered a niche sector. Eberhard Kunze from the Victorian […]

People living in the Mediterranean area who use olive oil as their main source of fat have the world’s lowest mortality rate due to cardio-vascular illness. Finland and the United States, where people consume the highest amounts of saturated fat, have the highest. Olive oil contains more monounsaturated fatty acids than any other fat or […]

by A.N.Idelbi, The 5th Olives and Olive Oil International Exhibition ,Olivex 2006 was opened in Damascus yesterday. Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Hussein Haddar who opened the exhibition told reporters that the olive trees farming in Syria has remarkably developed and that has been accompanied by the increase of production. Syria production of […]