Archive for the 'Olive Oil' Category

20 Mar

Central Aust farm trials olive oil production

A farmer south of Alice Springs says he has the good oil on the next horticultural crop for the Territory. Oak Valley has pressed the Territory’s first batch of olive oil after trialing a 400 kilogram crop. Farm manager Robert Le Rossignol says while he is starting small, he hopes it will become their main […]

19 Mar

Olive oil, broccoli enter UK inflation basket

Olive oil, pro-biotic drinks and broccoli are in but vegetable oil and brie are out in this year’s annual rejig of the typical British shopping basket. [Source] Click here to continue

17 Mar

Italy: discovering olive harvesting and olive pressing

By di-ve.com, Every Sunday at 1pm on One TV & di-ve.com, Avventura fil-Kampanja will be continuing discovering olive harvesting and olive pressing for the production of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Tuscany. We will be seeing harvest with the use of modern machinery meaning that just one olive tree is harvested in 5 minutes. However, […]

15 Mar

U.C. Davis Olive Oil Gets Rave Reviews

By Dave Marquis, It began as a way to get discarded olives from 2,000 trees off the U.C. Davis bike trails, where they were causing scores of accidents. But it’s wound up putting the university on the map as the maker of some top-ranked olive oils. “We’ve got fewer legal costs. We’re not spraying the […]

13 Mar

all extra virgin olive oils are not created equal

By Jim Donovan, Check out the supermarket aisle for olive oils, and you’ll find dozens of brands. So how do you know which one you’ll like? 3 On Your Side’s Jim Donovan has a few suggestions for your next meal. Good Housekeeping says all extra virgin olive oils are not created equal. “Recently we tasted […]