California: Wine/olive growers get a free break
County supervisors, in an effort to support wineries and olive growers, are lowering the amount of transportation fees growers are required to pay.
The fee will be based only on the square footage of the commercial use area, such as wine/olive oil tasting and sales facilities. The processing facilities or light industrial component will be considered an agricultural activity and won’t be charged a traffic fee.
“Contra Costa County has a rich agricultural history. We want to make sure it also has a rich agricultural future,” said Supervisor Mary Piepho in a press release. “This policy is one way in which we as county leaders can support that goal.
“I have been working very closely with our local farmers in Contra Costa County to develop this new policy. We have modeled this program after other counties with similar urban environments, yet a strong farming history.”
Piepho and staff have worked with the Olive and Grape Growers Association and other East County growers to gain an understanding of their growing season and processes, along with the associated impacts to the county road system.
For more information, call Piepho’s Brentwood Office at 240-7260.
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Some Facts About Olive Oil
What is the difference among “Virgin”, “Extra virgin”, “Fine” and “refined” olive oil? Will olive oil loses its nutritional value when heated ? How to store Olive oil ? You will get your answers after reading this.
By Laura Ng,
Why do we use olive oil ?
Olive oil contains monounsaturated fatty acids, or oleic acids, which can assist to lower blood cholesterol instead. Thus olive oil is a better choice than saturated fats. For those suffering from constipation, take more olive oil often as it helps to lubricate the intestines and eliminate waste from our bodies, thereby curing your constipation.
Olive oil also provides natural antioxidants (called polyphenols) which help to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.
Why is olive oil catergorises into different types ?
The flavor of olive oil varies, depending on the source, the variety of olive, the soil conditions, weather, etc. Some of the primary sources come from Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey Portugal, Tunisia, Morocco, and California. Some olive oils are from a single variety of oils, but others, like most Italian oils, are blends of oils from different types of olives and from different countries.
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Chinese olives – Nam Leab
This is also known as kan lan, qing guo, huang lan and/or bia lan
Chinese olives taste different than Western olives. There is a hint of five spice and very little of the Mediterranean flavor tones.
The olives come in two forms, canned with pits and dry packed. Not to be obvious, but if you get the canned ones, you will have to pit it yourself before you cook with them. The dry packed ones look more like a paste than individual olives. I have only seen the canned olive available here in the US. In Thailand you can also get the dry pack ones, imported from China.
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Forest Fires Destroy Woodlands, Olive Groves In Lebanon
Fires have destroyed dozens of hectares of woodlands across Lebanon, just weeks after earlier forest fires devastated mountainous parts of the country, an army spokesman said Wednesday.
“A total of 1,542 dunums (154 hectares) were destroyed on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, in addition to the 807 dunums (81 hectares) burnt on Monday,” the spokesman told AFP.
Emergency crews backed by army helicopters struggled to extinguish blazes that were still raging across southern and northern Lebanese mountains, as well as in the Shouf region southeast of Beirut, he said.
The flames have destroyed forests of pine and oak trees as well as olive groves, valleys and woods, but there were no reports of casualties.
Similar forest fires raged twice in October, killing one woman, injuring dozens of people and destroying hundreds of hectares of forests and woods across the country.
Experts have warned seasonal forest fires in Lebanon are further threatening to destroy the country’s natural wealth – among the richest in the Middle East.
Zeina Tamim, an agriculture ministry official, told AFP last month the seasonal forest fires were slowly destroying green zones which account for 23% of Lebanon’s territory.
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Special bottling for Turkish olive oil
By Vahap Munyar,
Recent days have witnessed a debate between Turkish olive oil exporters and non-refined olive oil producers regarding imports. Non-refined oil producers oppose the exporters, who want to import cheap Spanish olive oil and export it under their own brand names. Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM) President Oğuz Satıcı tried to reconcile the two parties by offering special bottling for the Turkish olive oil project
Olive rich Mediterranean country Turkey has been unable to turn its olive oil into a global brand name. This has become a sensitive issue for Turkish olive oil producers and exporters. President of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TİM), Oğuz Satıcı, has come up with a new project called “special bottling for Turkish olive oil,” which he hopes will make Turkish olive oil recognizable to consumers worldwide.
Yet, the olive oil industry has been experiencing another heated debate. As the effects of global warming were strongly felt this year in Turkey’s agriculture sector, olive yield was low as well. This in turn, resulted in a hike in the price of non-refined olive oil prompting Turkish olive oil exporters to request permission to import non-refined olive oil and refine it domestically, a move opposed by some in the industry.
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