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Celebration marks building’s completion By Tory N. Parrish, ROME — East Coast Olive Oil’s new facility in Rome should be fully operational by summer, Chief Executive Officer Steve Mandia said. The company held a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the completion of its new 180,000-square-foot building at Griffiss Business & Technology Park. “The importance is we’ve […]

Locals finally told him that Mission olives should be harvested ripe, not green, for oil. By Kristin Ohlson, OROVILLE, CALIF. – From his tasting room on the hilly outskirts of Oroville, Calif., Jamie Johannson can hear the workers picking his olives. Even when they are too far away for him to hear their voices, he […]

By Donald MacGillis, Before volunteering to help a relative or friend harvest olives in hilly Umbria, first-timers should visit the nearby Madonna dei Bagni church. Since the 17th century, its interior surfaces have been covered with hand-painted tiles offering thanks for recovery from accidents, often falls from ladders propped up against olive trees. Aside from […]

Beirut- The United States is helping unemployed people in Lebanon get temporary agricultural harvesting jobs aimed at helping them rapidly restore their communities and resume sustainable economic activity following recent conflict. In one example of support provided under the Humanitarian Assistance for Lebanon — or HAL — initiative, an olive harvesting project was launched in […]

The Negocio newspaper reported that management is in negotiations with Unilever PLC over a possible acquisition. The report gave Bertolli and Dante as possible targets for a bid from SOS Cuetara, which last month bought Friol Italia, an Italian unit of Unilever, for 33.25 mln eur. [Source] Click here