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Agriculture Minister Shalom Simchon announced on Thursday that he planned to fight the destruction of olive trees belonging to Palestinians by Jewish settlers. Simchon made his comments after meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s Olive Council head, Army Radio reported. The minister promised him that he would formulate a plan of action in the matter in […]

Last year saw very small crop Nearly half of this year’s harvest is picked It’s a tale of “famine to feast” in California olive groves. After an extremely small crop last season, Central Valley olive growers have seen production rebound sharply this fall. The larger overall crop means that individual olives have been smaller in […]

By Elisabeth Kalfsbeek, While it is produced in Europe and South America as a byproduct of wine grapes, grapeseed oil is fast becoming California’s hot new commodity for retailers and restaurateurs alike. “The market has grown dramatically,” said Matthieu Kohlneyer of La Tourangelle, an artisan producer of specialty and organic oils, in Woodland. “A lot […]

The North Coast has emerged as the center of California’s growing olive oil production — at least for now. The California Olive Oil Council says Sonoma County has more olive oil producers than any other. But that could change as more farmers in the Central Valley switch to olive varieties meant to produce oil. [Source] […]

While the rest of the Mediterannean consumes most of the olive oil it produces, olive oil consumption in Turkey is the lowest in the region. Turks consume one kilogram of the oil a year while their neighbors comsume an average of 15. Producers in Ayvalık say it’s time the government inspires Turks to buy and […]