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By Holly Hayes For generations, many gardeners in California were accustomed to growing olives for oil or table fruit. Then came the invasion of the olive fruit fly, which was first discovered in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and quickly spread throughout the state’s olive-growing regions. Commercial growers fairly quickly had tools to control […]

The International Olive Council (IOC) has launched a promotion campaign in India with an interactive media workshop that was held on September 20, 2007 at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi. The workshop aimed to provide in-depth information on olive oil and table olives as well as provide about their health and nutritional aspects. Franco Oliva, […]

Bulgarian distribution company Avendi, part of BM Holding, entered the Bulgarian olive oil market with the Italian brand Filippo Berio, said Bogdana Kroumova, manager of the company’s Foods division, as quoted by Dnevnik daily on October 24. The Filippo Berio product series was positioned in the higher price range and was aimed at retail stores, […]

One of the world’s leading producers of olive oil, Tunisia is seeking to further entrench its positioning on the world olive oil market. Tunisia ‘s participation at the “2007 Anuga” (International salon of agro-food industries and technologies) Salon in Cologne , Germany is seen by observers as a step in that direction. The Salon which […]

CNBC TV Highlights $500 Million U.S. Market “The New Oil Boom,” (olive oil, that is) is featured on last Friday’s CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street, Another Type of Oil with Jane Wells.” In her piece, Ms. Wells covered “a new oil boom, and a new oil war,” referring to doubled U.S. production and the push […]