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The Italian Trade Commission said Wednesday it will hold a food fair in Tokyo on Oct. 18 to promote prize-winning Italian olive oils and other popular food including pasta, cheeses, candy and wines. The event will highlight in particular olive oils which won the prestigious Ercole Olivario awards presented each year in Spoleto, a city […]

By Julie Bonnin, In Texas, growers are pressing forward with a crop that’s anything but drab On the historic day of Bill and Bev Kemp’s first commercial olive harvest, Jack Russell terriers romp in the furrows beneath the trees, and two woolly llamas from next door watch the activity from the gravel road that runs […]

By Reggie Aspiras, Olive Oil is classified by the degree of acidity. The best are cold-pressed varieties: Extra Virgin—the fruitiest, most flavorful and, obviously, the costliest of them all. It is a cold-pressed product of the first extraction/pressing of the olives, with 0.8-1 percent acidity. It comes in a myriad of colors from deep to […]

Palestinian Authority Arab farmers will be protected by Israeli security during the olive harvest which is expected to begin within the next month, according to Army Radio. Defense Minister Amir Peretz announced Tuesday that anyone attempting to interfere with or harm the farmers as they pick their olives would be dealt with severely. [Source] Click […]

what’s the difference between virgin and evoo extra virgin olive oil? Here the answer from Sheah Rarback. Q: Is there a difference in virgin olive oil that makes it worth the higher price? A: There are some food products where the less expensive choice is just fine, but that is not the case with olive […]