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By di-ve.com, Every Sunday at 1pm on One TV & di-ve.com, Avventura fil-Kampanja will be continuing discovering olive harvesting and olive pressing for the production of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Tuscany. We will be seeing harvest with the use of modern machinery meaning that just one olive tree is harvested in 5 minutes. However, […]

By Ali Riza Karasu, Ramazan Sari Akhisar, The Akhisar district of Manisa has surpassed Gemlik, a district in the province of Bursa, as Turkey’s biggest table olive producer. Formerly known for tobacco production, Akhisar has become the country’s olive production center. Tobacco fields have been replaced by olive groves. Some 5 million olive trees planted […]

By Dave Marquis, It began as a way to get discarded olives from 2,000 trees off the U.C. Davis bike trails, where they were causing scores of accidents. But it’s wound up putting the university on the map as the maker of some top-ranked olive oils. “We’ve got fewer legal costs. We’re not spraying the […]

By Jim Donovan, Check out the supermarket aisle for olive oils, and you’ll find dozens of brands. So how do you know which one you’ll like? 3 On Your Side’s Jim Donovan has a few suggestions for your next meal. Good Housekeeping says all extra virgin olive oils are not created equal. “Recently we tasted […]

By Anoothi Vishal, The International Olive Council focuses on India for imports – but also for olive plantations in Rajasthan. After wine and cheese, it is olives now. If you have stopped exulting over the number of foreign companies trying to sell you the good life through your palate — thanks to a bustling market […]