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In Hasbaya, an Olive Press owner, Rashid Zoueihed developed a new way to use the Olive skin and kernels after pressing the oil out. Pressing these rests into a small machine to make Cylinders 25 cm long and 15 cm radius, weighing each 1200 g, passing into this machine makes these natural olive elements glued […]

By Sudhin Thanawala, MARTINEZ, Calif.—Later this fall, Tom Powers will harvest his olives and press them into his Alhambra Valley brand authentic extra virgin olive oil with a distinctive peppery finish. “This is really high quality stuff,” says Powers, whose two varieties of Tuscan olives grow amid the dry, rolling hills of Contra Costa County, […]

5 Percent of Yellingbo Gold Olive Oil Revenue from Gourmet Retailer ChefShop.com to Support Orphans of the 2004 Tsunami ChefShop.com, a premier online gourmet food retailer, announces its support of The Jasmine Foundation by contributing 5 percent of Yellingbo Gold olive oil revenues to the foundation. The Jasmine Foundation provides relief to orphans of the […]

A deli line from a supermarket brand of Australian olive oil won a champion’s medal at last week’s Sydney Royal Fine Food competition. Cobram Estate, from the Murray region, was named a champion for its varietal extra virgin olive oil. There were tears of joy at its Victorian headquarters. The results come after a rough […]

By A. Craig Copetas, Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he’ll make it to America. “I will only go when I’m a rich man,” said the 29-year-old manager of Di […]