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In response to growing demand for organic olive oil and an increasingly competitive market, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisors and researchers have produced an organic olive production manual. “Organic olive oil production could be a significant niche in California’s agriculture industry,” says Paul Vossen, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Sonoma and Marin […]

By Stephen Daniells, The benefits of olive oil for heart health go way beyond just reducing levels of LDL (‘bad’) cholesterol, says a new review that looks set to further bolster the healthy image of the oil. Numerous studies have reported that olive oil – the main fat in the Mediterranean diet – to improved […]

By Katy Budge, Lee Alegre and Adriana Marquez work together in Templeton to market Alegre Olive Oil Company products and Adriana’s Gourmet Olive Tapenade. Thanks to his vineyard management business, most people probably associate Lee Alegre with grapes, but lately he’s teamed up with close family friends Art and Norma Ornelas and business partner Adriana […]

By: Maia Bradley, Bike accidents are the pits – olive pits, that is, from the more than 1,500 olive trees growing around the UC Davis campus. Strewn and smashed all over the university’s bike lanes in past years, the oily fruit posed a problem to cyclists and grounds keepers. With some creativity, though, that problem […]

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has delayed by one year its plan to dump tax breaks for non-forestry managed investment schemes. The Federal Government last month announced the ATO was changing its interpretation of laws that allowed people investing in crops such as olives, wine and avocadoes to claim upfront tax breaks. The new interpretation […]