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All fashionable gardens are sporting a smart new accessory – the olive tree, discovers Lila Das Gupta “Ten years ago it was hard to get hold of olive trees,” says Wayne Page, a garden designer in west London. “I would have to order them specially and have them imported. Now it’s so much easier.” Together […]

Morocco is eager to lure more foreign investors from Europe and the Arab Gulf region to help it modernise its agriculture as it prepares to lease more state-owned farms, a farm official said on Friday. The government leased a first batch of state-owned farms to 173 investors, some of them foreigners, last year. The first […]

Intensive olive production is killing the wildflowers of the Med. Mary Keen reportsThe European Union is doing terrible things to wildflowers in the olive groves of Europe. One of the pleasures of springtime in Mediterranean countries used to be finding little yellow tulips and wild gladioli, or seven kinds of orchid in the stony soil […]

By Patricia Kowsmann, The Food and Drug administration has authorized canola oil bottlers and makers to use a label stating that the oil can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, the U.S. Canola Association said Friday. According to the association, risk reduction is due to the oil’s unsaturated fat content. Canola oil contains 93% […]

By Eleni Economides, Homer called it liquid gold — and this Saturday, the grounds of Mission San Jose will be reveling in it. California olive oil and olives will be honored during the Mission San Jose Chamber of Commerces sixth annual Olive Festival — which drew more than 2,000 people last year, Festival Co-Chair Sherri […]