10 Dec
Snow falling across Spain has not harmed the olive crop in the world’s largest producer or significantly slowed the ongoing harvest, a farm union said. Spanish television has broadcast pictures in recent days of snowbound olive pickers in southern region Andalucia, which accounts for most of Spain’s olive oil output and by itself far surpasses […]
Posted in Ecology | Environment, Europe | U.K, Olive Oil, Olive Tree by: Olives101
Comments Off on Olive harvest unaffected by snow in Spain
09 Dec
Over 56% of American Dietetic Association members surveyed report that they are concerned that the current economic downturn will have a negative effect on their patients’ ability to maintain or achieve a healthy weight, according to a survey conducted by the California Olive Committee. Almost three-quarters (72.2%) of the registered dieticians and nutritionists expressed concern […]
Posted in California, Health, Olive Oil by: Olives101
Comments Off on Economic Downturn Effect Patient Health and Diets
08 Dec
Croatian olive farmer Sandi Chiavalon has high hopes of taking on the might and quantity of Greece, Italy and Spain with the quality of oil from his groves. The three European giants may account for more than three-quarters of global olive oil production, but Chiavalon is one of many young Croatian entrepreneurs readying their produce […]
Posted in East | Central Europe, Europe | U.K, Olive Oil, Olive Tree by: Olives101
Comments Off on Croatia’s olive oil producers fight quantity with quality
07 Dec
By Rasheeda Bhagat, It is with a lot of passion and zeal that most Italians speak about their cuisine and even wine. This borders on veneration when it comes to major producers of olive oil in Italy, as a group of 12 international journalists discovered during a recent olive oil trip to the Puglia and […]
Posted in Europe | U.K, Event-Festival, Olive Oil by: Olives101
Comments Off on Italy toasts its love for life, with the best of olive oil
05 Dec
By Alex Renton, Oil pressed from the first green olives is a taste like no other. But fraud means that finding a good one is hard. The green of the olive oil is shocking: like Night Nurse. Or Swarfega. You wouldn’t put it in your mouth if it wasn’t so reassuringly expensive. With reverence, we […]
Posted in Europe | U.K, Olive Oil by: Olives101
Comments Off on The difficulty in finding the finest olive oil