Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

19 Nov

Rajasthan, Israel join hands to plant olive trees

Aimed at popularising olive oil in food preparations JAIPUR: The Rajasthan State Agricultural Marketing Board on Saturday signed a tripartite agreement with two Israeli companies to promote cultivation of olive trees in the desert State. State Agriculture Minister Prabhulal Saini said olive would be cultivated on 210 hectares of Government land at 10 different locations […]

19 Nov

olive in Athens

The olive blog has been on tour in Greece from the Temple of Olympian to the museums in Athens. Here is the different posts with pictures: Olives in Athens Olives in Athens II Olives in Athens III Olives in Athens IV Olives in Athens V Olives in Athens VI Olives in Athens VII Olives in […]

15 Nov

Québec: Huile d’olive Franci SNC

Par Robert Beauchemin, Photo Bernard Brault Produites au centre des collines toscanes, dans la vallée d’Orcia, ces huiles au nez bien végétal et au parfum d’herbes fraîchement coupées sont exceptionnelles. Cela ne me surprend pas qu’elles soient mises bien en évidence dans la cuisine de Maria Loggia. Puissantes et onctueuses, ardentes en finale, ces huiles […]

15 Nov

Turkey Discusses Plans to Expand Olive Industry

Turkey is ahead of Europe in terms of olive consumption, yet falls behind developed countries in terms of olive oil use. At a fair held in an effort to increase both the export and domestic consumption of olive oil, Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) President Oguz Satici said, “We’re not even consuming as much olive oil […]

14 Nov

A sign of peace by Lindsay Olives

The Lindsay Olive Co. is again selling a holiday wreath made of olive branches. And, as it has the past four years, the company is sending all the profits to America’s Second Harvest, the national hunger-relief organization. The 20-inch circular wreath is made of green olive branches culled from California fields. It comes with a […]