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01 Aug

Making Olive Oil, the cute way

Here is a future Food Network Star!

31 Jul

SuperFoods – Extra Virgin Olive Oil

31 Jul

Fernand Alonso Celebrate his 27th Birthday with Olives!

Happy Birthday champ!

30 Jul

New code of practice for Australian olive producers

A code of practice is being drawn up for table olives to guarantee the authenticity and quality of Australian table olives and distinguish them from imported products. The AOA Table Olive Subcommittee has been working with Food Standards Australia & New Zealand (FSANZ) to draft the code specifically for table olives. This code will adopt […]

28 Jul

Grower trials unusual frost protector

Spraying olive trees with a natural product from sugar beet has successfully stopped some varieties of olive trees in the South Island being knocked by frosts. Alex Houliston, head of science at Christchurch Girls’ High School, took a year off teaching high school to study the frost problem in his own orchard. Some olive orchards […]