Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

22 Aug

Olive harvest the pits?

by C. Jerome Crow, While prices are good, the outlook for this year’s olive crop is less than ideal, according to the Olive Growers Council of California. While this year’s olive prices may be reasonably good, that doesn’t mean it will be a good year if there isn’t enough fruit to cover the cost, said […]

22 Aug

Olives bring new tastes to summer salads

Salads can make great eating most of the year, but they have a special place on summertime menus. It’s easy enough to throw into a salad whatever’s at hand, but it’s also fun to try specific combinations of ingredients for a change of pace. Olives in various forms give salads a flavor lift, antipasto-style. Here […]

21 Aug

Olive growers dealt a losing hand

by Kathy Coatney, Olive set is light this year Bloom time weather is blamed The full impact of the February freeze on California’s 2006 olive crop wasn’t revealed until early June, after the bloom. Now olive growers realize that the damage was extensive-to both trees and bloom. “I think that we can reasonably say that […]

19 Aug

[Israël] Huile d’Olive – La demande sur les marchés israéliens et mondiaux augmente

Par Allison Kaplan Sommer, La demande en huile d’olive sur les marchés israélien et mondiaux augmente (car il a été prouvé que l’huile d’olive est bénéfique pour la santé et son goût est de plus en plus apprécié). Ce qui fut une tradition biblique et le centre de la vie dans beaucoup de villages arabes, […]

19 Aug

[Iran] to sign intl. olive oil agreement

TEHRAN – The cabinet has approved the Agricultural Jihad Ministry’s proposal for Iran to sign the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives. The ministry is now in charge of following up the case and completing the first step that is to sign the agreement temporarily. The agreement was first signed in 1986 and […]