17 Nov

L’huile d’olive tunisienne présente en Turquie

Par Galia Skander,

“Anatolive-Eurosie 2008”, le 2ème foire et congrès d’huile d’olive et des technologies reliées, qui aura lieu du 17 au 19 avril 2008 au centre des expositions d’Istanbul en Turquie, réunira tous les professionnels de la filière de l’huile d’olive dans la région méditerranéenne.

La Tunisie a un grand intérêt à y être présente que ce soit au niveau des structures publiques comme l’Office National de l’Huile (ONH) ou des opérateurs privés, producteurs, transformateurs, industriels et exportateurs.

En effet, si la Tunisie désire relancer la filière de l’huile d’olive elle a intérêt à regarder ce qui se passe ailleurs, particulièrement, en Turquie le grand producteur et consommateur avec 100 millions d’oliviers producteurs.

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17 Nov

Training session on Olive cultivation held

Written by syedalisafvi,

Under Horticulture Technology Mission ” Standardization of Agro-Techniques for Olive” programme, a one-day training-cum-demonstration session of officers, field functionaries of Horticulture Department and progressive farmers of district Udhampur and Reasi was organized by the Scientists of Sher-I-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu, here today. The Scientists who delivered lectures on “Olive Production Technology” and “Top Working Methods For Wild Olive” plantation to increase production and make the olive commercially viable included Dr. A.K. Tiku, Dr. M .K . Khushu, Dr. V.K. Kaul and Research Associate, Zia-ur-Rashid.

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16 Nov

Spain: Olive oil buoys SOS Cuetara

Healthier margins from olive oil have driven a rise in nine-month profits at Spanish food firm SOS Cuetara.
Net income rose 10.8% to EUR13.5m (US$19.7m) in the nine months to the end of September.
Turnover, however, dipped 3.2% to EUR1.02bn.

In June, a company insider told just-food that SOS Cuetara was searching for a new acquisition in the US and had $1bn to spend on such a transaction.

Madrid-based SOS was seeking to acquire a rice or olive oil manufacturer in the US, which it has identified as its main expansion market.

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15 Nov

Ojai home tour includes Italianate villa with orchard

By Lisa McKinnon,

In many parts of the country, a holiday home tour would be just that: a tour of homes. Ticketholders would march past gardens barren of leaves and flowers, or just plain covered in snow, in order to get to the main, preferably heated, attraction.

Not so in California and, in particular, Ojai.

Those attending this weekend’s Ojai Music Festival Holiday Home Look In will see not only a Spanish Revival home designed by 20th-century architect George Washington Smith and a contemporary residence created by Ojai architect Marc Whitman but also the period-perfect plants, blooming rose gardens and fruit-laden citrus orchards that surround them.

And at one of the tour’s four stops, they will also get a good look at, and a taste of, the olive grove that produces Regalo, an estate-bottled, extra-virgin olive oil whose profits are earmarked for charity.

Bristling with the silver-green leaves of hundreds of Italian- and Spanish-variety olive trees, the grove sits on 12 acres at Omaggio Farm, the home of Jeff and Rosalyn Luttrull and their five children, who range in age from 12 to 18.

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15 Nov

A different harvest, South County crop earns high marks

By Kerana Todorov,

The two Napa Valley chefs — Fox works at Napa’s Ubuntu and Cognetti is executive chef at St. Helena’s Tra Vigne — will receive a delivery of freshly-pressed “olio nuovo” this week from the Dickson Napa Ranch, a hillside property high above Jamieson Canyon Road.

“I love it,” said Cognetti, who uses the freshly-pressed oil on everything from beef, pizzas, pasta and fresh mushrooms.

“It’s great with eggs,” the chef added.

Olives are not what made the Napa Valley famous, of course, but the Dickson Napa Ranch is among the increasing number of olive oil producers in Napa.

More than 200 acres produce olives in Napa County, making olives the second-most important crop — even if it is a distant second — in the county.

The Dicksons’ oversee 1,200 Taggiasca olive trees they planted seven years ago, a decade after the couple moved from Orinda to a property that Lillian Dickson inherited from her mother.

Last weekend, crews handpicked close to 5 tons of olives and transported them to a mill in Marin County.

While this is only the Dicksons’ fourth commercial harvest, their oil, Regina Extra Virgin Olive Oil, is already making a name among aficionados.

Named for Richard Dickson’s mother, Regina olive oil was selected from close to 400 entries to win a gold medal at the 2007 Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Oil Competition.

The olive oil is described as complex, fruity and well balanced, and one that mellows with time.

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