Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

26 Apr

Organic Agriculture in Tunisia is growing with olive trees

In order to develope organic agriculture in Tunisia and raise more awareness in the farmers of this very promising market in the future says, journalist Ridha Bahlous in Allafrica, a colloquium has been organized recently, which was chosen to promote this form of agriculture. The Nefza region places natural potentials such as wide spread forests, […]

26 Apr

Genosa, Aquanova team-up brings olive extract for healthy oils

By Stephen Daniells, Collaboration between Spanish R&D company Genosa and Germany’s Aquanova has produced a nanoscale olive extract with soluble in both water and fats, for use in healthy oils and supplements worldwide. “At this moment, there are no products containing high concentrations of [the antioxidant] hydroxytyrosol that can be used in lipophilic [oil-based] products,” […]

26 Apr

Vinolive 2007 To Begin On April 26th

4th Wine, Olive, Oliveoil and Alcoholic Beverages fair Vinolive 2007 organised by Izmir Fair Services Culture and Art Affairs Trade Inc.(IZFAS) will be held between April 26th and 29th in Izmir. According to a statement issued from IZFAS, 130 companies will attend the fair intended for the participation of professionals in the sector. The fair […]

25 Apr

More Olives May Mean Fewer Grapes

Written by Tim Daly, If you haven’t heard of the Corto Olive company yet, you will fairly soon. Corto Olive is located near Stockton and the company is hoping to make a very big splash in the olive oil industry. Corto is planting thousands of trees near Lodi and Stockton and hoping to produce about […]

25 Apr

EU project helps olive growers go green

Europe’s olive growers face two major challenges: on the one hand, they have to adhere to strict EU environmental legislation, but at the same time competition from overseas olive growers is pressurising them to keep their prices low. Now, thanks to the EU-funded NASOOP (Integrated Approach to Sustainable Olive Oil and Table Olive Production) project, […]