The Olive – A Fruit That Has Spread
It is reckoned that the first olive trees were cultivated in Greece. The olive tree is central to the legend about the founding of Athens, and other traditions uphold this as being the birthplace of the modern olive.
From Greece the olives were transported throughout the Mediterranean basin – Rhodes, Crete, the Italian penninsula, and outwards to Spain and France. The olives flourished and quickly became established wherever they were taken.
Much later they were transported to the New World, by Jesuit priests to Peru and Chile where they did well. And north to Mexico and California where they also did extremely well. But later when the English speaking peoples ruled in California, the lack of knowledge of how to care for the trees meant that they suffered.
In America there have been experiments to grow Mediterranean olive trees in some of the southern states, The Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. They have done well here and add a welcome new crop. But nowhere do the olives do so well as in their native Mediterranean home. And it is there that the best olive oil continues to be found.
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New Med diet symbol to flag up healthy goods
By Lorraine Heller,
A new Mediterranean diet packaging symbol was today launched in the US, and is set to enjoy significant success from food manufacturers keen to flag up products that meet the nutrition criteria of the diet.
Launched by nutrition group Oldways, the Med Mark can be used to promote the scientifically-backed healthfulness of a number of foods, such as traditional pastas, fish and olive oil.
The easy-to-identify symbol comes at a time of heightened industry and consumer awareness of the positive health effects of the traditional Mediterranean way of eating.
The diet, which promotes foods rich in cereals, fruits and vegetables, is increasingly recognized by the scientific community as being linked to longer life, less heart disease and protection against some cancers.
Just a few weeks ago, new research from Harvard linked the Mediterranean diet to a decreased risk of lung disease, and in April it was also found to help prevent the development of asthma in children.
According to the president of Oldways Dun Gifford, the new wave of study results is starting to trickle into the public consciousness through extensive press attention, and people are starting to seek out products that meet Mediterranean diet criteria.
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Azerbaijan enlarges olive acreage
For the first time, Azerbaijan’s Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry will plant olive in large land areas in 18 regions of the country this year.
The minister Huseyn Baghirov said 1 million olive trees have been reared this year.
“We are planting olive not for fruit but for green zones. We plant olive trees in regions of Masalli, Khachmaz, Yevlakh, Barda, Sabirabad etc,” he noted.
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Tuna with caper & olive salsa
Recipe by Valli Little,
Photography by Ian Wallace,
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Olive Oil – The Most Natural Of Oils
Did you know that only one vegetable oil can be consumed directly from the pressed fruit, and that it is olive oil? Yes, all the other vegetable oils require various kinds of processing before they can be comsumed or used for cooking.
We have all heard that fish oil, especially that from the oily fish, is extremely good for you. It can help to reduce the risk of certain cancers. Well, it appears that olive oil can be as good for you and also help to reduce the risk of certain cancers, such as colon cancer for example.
Traditional medicine has been promoting the benefits of canola oil (rapeseed). They have been claiming that it has superior qualities to olive oil because of a high level of monounsaturated fatty acids. Olive oil can easily hold its own in this contest.Just bear in mind that the original crops of rapeseed proved to be unfit for human consumption as they contained euric acid. Olive oil has never had a problem in that respect.
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