Archive for the 'Geographic' Category

16 Jan

Rylstone olive producer nabs contracts on ‘best trade trip’

A Rylstone olive producer says he is on his best trade trip to the United States and has gained contracts from his stand at a San Diego speciality food fair. Nicholas Bentivoglio is in the US showcasing his Rylstone organic olive oil to more than 16,000 buyers as one of 40 Australian producers at the […]

14 Jan

UC Davis Launches New Olive Oil Center

Hoping to do for olives and olive oil what it has done for grapes and wine, the University of California, Davis, today launched the first university-based olive research and education center in North America. Plans for the new UC Davis Olive Center, which is part of the university’s Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food […]

04 Jan

Olive-press owners allege lack of government support

By Maher Zeineddine, As olive presses in the mountainous Chouf region witness excessive activity with the fruit’s harvest season coming to an end and weather conditions getting worse, press owners are criticizing the government’s failure to set up marketing plans for their products. Every year from early November until late January, farmers throughout Lebanon engage […]

04 Jan

About French Olive Oil

Would you like to know more about French Extra Virgin Olive Oil ? Alain Maes, a Frenchman who live in Chicago wrote a few days ago a passionate and interesting article on the subject. Via this post and Costas

29 Dec

Pakistani Government to enhance olive oil production

The government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 districts of Balochistan to bring 6,000 acres land for cultivation of olive orchards. According to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture sources, during the five years, 675,000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop for mass propagation […]