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By IANS, Rajasthan is getting ready to grow olives. The state government has joined hands with an Israel-based company to cultivate olive and dates in the desert state. ‘We have tied up with an Israel-based company by forming Rajasthan Olive Cultivation Ltd (ROCL) for growing olives and dates in 40,000 hectares of land the state,’ […]

Tunisia’s key olive oil exports jumped by 53 percent to 167 700 t last year as a government campaign to boost exports bore fruit, official data showed on Thursday. Olive oil, whose popularity is growing among health-conscious consumers worldwide, represents half of the North African country’s farm sales which in turn account more than 10% […]

An antique olive oil factory was discovered in the Milas village of Çakıralan in southwestern Turkey. Staff from Selçuk University initiated archeological digs after a search for coal uncovered tombs with adjacent chambers a short while ago, the Anatolia news agency reported. One of the archeologists working at the site, Tuncay Özdemir, said the first […]

By Teresa J. Farney, Lauren Stuart is to Franco Lombardi’s olive oil what Johnny Appleseed was to apples. Last summer, the Colorado Springs cooking teacher took a culinary trip to Tuscany, met olive oil producer Lombardi, tasted the oil pressed from the olives grown on his land and began passionately spreading the word about his […]

Just up from Down Under: Yellingbo Gold, an extra virgin olive oil made of olives grown in a single estate — the Three Bridges Olive Grove in Yellingbo, Victoria, Australia. Company owner Jeremy Meltzer was in town recently introducing the family olive oil, which is available at Times supermarkets and R. Field. He said the […]