Archive for the 'California' Category

25 Jul

Olive plantings expand into Southern California, Arizona

The bird’s eye view from the century-old-plus Beach Line Citrus farm in Niland in California’s Imperial County is a commanding vision of the azure waters in the Salton Sea several miles to the West and the towering Chocolate Mountains to the East. Closer to the ground, a crop relatively new to this area is sinking […]

11 Jul

West Coast Products Reports Abundant Bulk Olive Oil Supply Available to American and Overseas Markets

Reacting to recent domestic and global financial media news about Deoleo, the world's leading seller of bottled olive oil, and its need to sell less oil in bulk, West Coast Products reports that its Olinda Brand olive-oil sales to foodservice establishments have never been better. A rich supply of Certified California Extra Virgin Olive Oil […]

11 Jul

California: Local olive oil producers earn Harvest Fair medals

Four Sonoma Valley olive oil producers are among the award winners in the Sonoma County Harvest Fair’s Professional Food & Wine Competition. The local medalists are Benziger Family Winery, B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Co., Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards and The Olive Press. Dry Creek Olive Co. of Healdsburg won best of show for the […]

10 Jul

San Benito 2013 Olive Festival

    HOLLISTER, CA  — For the first time in the culinary history of this region, a select group of the nation’s most celebrated food and wine producers will play host to visitors at a world-class gourmet celebration. The First Annual San Benito Olive Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 from 11am […]

25 Oct

U.S. Customs finds olive fruit flies in San Diego

  Olive fruit fly larvae were found on fresh olives that a passenger from Lebanon was trying to carry into San Diego International Airport, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.   Agriculture specialists working at the airport on Oct. 4 found several olive fruit fly larvae on almost nine pounds of fresh olives […]