Australia: ACT region produces the good oil
Olive growers and distributors meeting in Canberra over the last two days believe that there is plenty of room for growth in the local industry.
The Australian Olive Expo has heard it should be viable to produce a local extra virgin brand in and around the ACT.
Australian Olive Association president Paul Miller says the area produces a superior product.
“Canberra is a relatively cool climate, and that confers additional flavour and colour to the olive oil,” he said.
“That in turn means that oil is actually of better quality.”
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TyTy Tree Nursery Now Shipping Olive Trees for Growing and Landscaping
Olive production in the United States is a multimillion dollar business and has been located primarily on the West coast. However, olive orchards are now being planted throughout the south, where hot dry conditions prevail, and where temperatures do not drop below 10*F during the winter.
Ty Ty tree nursery is announcing shipments of a variety of Olive trees for immediate delivery and planting this fall season.
The Ty Ty tree nursery now grows cold blight resistant hardy Olive Trees at our Georgia tree and plant nursery.
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Sarah Palin and the olive fruit fly research
last week, Sarah Palin gave her first policy speech, urging the federal government to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Along the way, she too attacked science earmarks by claiming that the shortfall needed to fully fund the act was less money than was allocated to projects that have “little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France.”
Fruit flies can be made to seem like a silly thing to spend money on. But Palin was referring to research at a lab in France supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The subject is the olive fruit fly, which threatens the California olive industry. The U.S. is working with France because that nation has dealt with an olive fruit fly infestation for decades, far longer than California.
Maybe Palin also should have been told that a University of North Carolina fruit fly study last year demonstrated that a protein called neurexin is required for nerve-cell connections to form and function correctly. That discovery may lead to advances in understanding, among other things, autism, one of the childhood disorders that has been stressed by the McCain-Palin campaign.
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Australian olive industry gets a new identity
The Australian Olive Association is launching the olive industry’s new brand, Australian Extra Virgin. The Australian Extra Virgin brand aims at raising awareness and educating consumers about the health benefits, freshness and quality of Australian Extra Virgin olive oil.
As part of this campaign, the Association has introduced a website, www.australianextravirgin.com.au, which features recipe ideas, health benefits of extra virgin olive oil, a media section, facts about the Australian olive industry and much more.
A brochure, various point-of-sale material and posters with the slogans ‘Your body needs an oil change too’ and ‘No additives have also been created to further inform consumers. Australians can expect to see the Australian Extra Virgin branding material appearing in the next few weeks.
Australian extra virgin olive oil is versatile and can be used everyday as an ingredient or accompaniment to food and for almost all forms of cooking.
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Olive Oil Cops – Italian police can taste fake olive oil
Twenty members of the Italian NAS food piracy unit have graduated from a special course laid on by the Italian National Olive Oil Association Unaprol.
Police said the group graduated from a course taught by the National Olive Oil Association Unaprol that included instruction on how to taste fake extra-virgin olive oil and how to determine the geographical origin of olive oil by subtle differences in taste, ANSA reported Friday.
“This initiative will strengthen the defense of the quality of one of the symbols of the Mediterranean diet,” Unaprol head Massimo Gargano said.
Gargano said training the task force would send “an unequivocal signal” that oil producers are dedicated to ensuring quality.
Olive oil producers in Italy won a battle this year to make sourcing a mandatory part of the labeling on bottles.
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