Rs 14 million olive plantation project launched in Khyber
An olive plantation project costing Rs 14.585 million is starting at Akakhel Maira in Bara Tehsil, Khyber Agency, under the Sustainable Plans Development Programme (SPDP).
The project envisages establishment of community farms on 2000 acres of land under an agreement with local tribesmen. The project, when completed, would be handed over to the owners of the land, said a press release issued by Media Cell of FATA Secretariat on Friday.
Project Director Rahmat Jan said olive gardens project is likely to be completed in three years in close collaboration with tribal elders of Bara Tehsil.
He said olive was a valuable source of foreign exchange earning and the project would help improve socio-economic life of tribesmen. He added that at present funds were being spent on the import of olive oil and this project was a step forward to attain autarky in olive oil besides generating employment opportunities in the area.
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Connecticut Now Requires Listing Any Additives in Olive Oil
By Anne M. Hamilton,
The stock market may be tanking, jobs are disappearing and the state budget is hundreds of millions in the red, but at least our olive oil will be safe.
Prompted by a complaint from a Norwalk importer, the state Department of Consumer Protection has enacted regulations guarding the purity of olive oil, making Connecticut the first state to do so.
Lucian Sclafani, president of a 97-year old company that bears his name, complained to the state after finding an olive oil selling far below market prices. Sclafani had it tested and found one brand he declined to name contained 90 percent soybean oil. Its label said “100 pure extra virgin olive oil.”
“The real issue is a health issue for people who can’t eat soybeans,” Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said Thursday. “If you have a child with a soy allergy, this isn’t being disclosed. There’s no way for the consumer to tell.”
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Harvesting Olive Oil in Tuscany
By Courtney Walsh,
Italians live longer than most people. They also consume huge amounts of olive oil — a staple of the Mediterranean diet.
Most Italians are convinced that the two are related. Indeed the ancient Romans so revered olive oil they once used it for currency.
Nowadays Italian olive oil is sold throughout the world. But even if it has “extra vergine” (extra-virgin) and DOP on the label, signifying that the oil is from the first pressing of Italian olives, the quality varies greatly.
Earlier this week we had a chance to talk with some farmers in Southern Tuscany. They believe their oil is special, not only because of the copious use of “organic” fertilizer (ie dung) but also because of the way the olives are harvested.
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission eyes olive oil claims
By Leslie White,
AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog will investigate the apparent failure of some imported olive oils to live up to their premium “extra virgin” label.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission inquiry follows tests by a NSW Government laboratory that found many imported oils labelled as extra virgin were actually a lower grade oil, were heat treated or had other flaws.
Extra virgin olive oil represents the highest quality oil as it is obtained from cold-pressing olives, without heat treatment or refining.
While the ACCC would not confirm or deny any investigation into issues arising from the test results, The Weekly Times understands the investigation is to begin this Friday.
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Spanish Olive’s Industry could be hit by the desertification
Winemakers in Spain could soon find themselves scrambling for juicy red grapes. People may also find olives and cheese missing from their salad plates.
The olive and grape farms that thrived in the balmy Mediterranean could become relics of the past with countries like Spain facing the prospect of desertification. Almost 35 per cent of the country is at risk.
So far, desertification is known to have threatened 20 per cent of the world’s population, mostly from dry and arid countries, forcing poor people to migrate.
But now it has started taking a toll on rich people’s diet. The reason for this complacence was the belief that deserts are formed due to climatic variations such as decreasing rainfall and increasing soil erosion. But several other factors also contribute to it.
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