Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

04 Oct

Pollen from feral olives can cause ‘severe respiratory problems’

The expansion of olive production across the country could be leading to human health problems. The Cooperative Research Centre for Australian Weed Management says leaving fruit on trees after harvesting is causing feral olives to spread outside the grove. Chief executive Rachel McFadyen says the pollen from feral olives can cause severe respiratory problems. “Olive […]

03 Oct

Frutarom Olive Leaf special extract wins New Foods Innovation Prize

Frutarom’s EFLA 943 Olive Leaf Special Extract received the third prize at the innovation competition of New Foods for nutritional and physiological quality. Every year, the New Foods Innovation Competition awards prizes for innovative foods, product concepts and food industry ingredients. This year, 126 submissions from 14 different countries participated. The EFLA 943 Olive Leaf […]

03 Oct

L’huile d’olive dégraisse les rouages du corps

L’Olivier est cité dans le Coran comme un arbre sacré. Depuis les âges les plus reculés, le produit de cet arbre —l’olive et son principal dérivé, l’huile— n’a cessé de faire parler de ses vertus curatives et sanitaires d’une façon générale, mais sans apporter de preuves formelles quant à ses grandes qualités. Aujourd’hui, le doute […]

02 Oct

Algérie: Un programme national pour le développement de l’oléiculture

M. Essabah directeur de régulation et du développement de la production agricole, a affirmé que le département de Barkat accorde une grande importance à cette culture et pour cela, il a mis en place un programme national pour son développement dans les zones traditionnelles. «Nous voulons augmenter la consommation nationale et l’exportation de l’huile d’olive», […]

01 Oct

Red Hills of Dundee give rise to olive venture

By John Schmitz, There’s a brand new crop springing up in the famous Red Hills of Dundee, and you don’t need a corkscrew to enjoy it. Oregon Pinot noir, which was first planted in the Red Hills in the mid-1960s, has been highly regarded around the world ever since wines from the newly assigned Willamette […]