Australian Olives bear fruit in Victoria
Consumers may pay less for Australian olive oil after a bumper Victorian olive harvest. There was no harvest in many Victorian olive groves last year because of the drought.
Olive grower Richard Baum says a third of his trees will provide enough product to supply his markets.
“Probably the good news for consumers is that, given the volumes that the price for olive oil, one will expect prices perhaps will be a bit less,” he said.
“But that will depend on the European olive harvest at the end of the year, because often there’s a lot of overseas demand if the Europeans can’t meet their supply needs.”
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Australian Olive theives have strike again
Olive thieves struck again.
The Amenduni Australian Olive Expo’s grove holds 200 olive trees, all of which have been stripped of their fruits due to be harvested before the October display.
The Hunter Valley, NSW, has also been hit recently.
The ACT grove is surrounded by security fences, which are more than one-metre high and have barbed wire around the perimeter.
No-one on the grounds witnessed suspicious activity.
Expo organiser, John Forrest, said it is disappointing that all the trees have been stripped because this is the first year they would have been harvested.
He added that the data would have been used to obtain yield variety trial results.
“We were hoping that this first harvest would yield about 20 to 30 litres of extra virgin olive oil,” Mr Forrest said.
“The Expo grove is used every year for exhibitors to demonstrate new equipment and techniques.”
Mr Forrest said the olive theft would not damage the operation of the expo, which is to be held October 28 and 29.
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Mediterranean diet protects against diabetes: study
A traditional Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, vegetables and fish can drastically reduce the risk of getting type 2 diabetes, a new study says.
In a study of more than 13,000 people, Spanish researchers found that people who strictly adhered to the diet had an 83 per cent reduction in their risk of developing diabetes. Those who moderately followed the diet had their risk reduced by 59 per cent.
These findings were surprising to the researchers, given that those who followed the diet very closely also had the greatest factors for the disease, such as older age, a family history of diabetes and being an ex-smoker.
However, because their risk was so drastically reduced, the researchers assume that the foods that make up the diet itself have a role in warding off diabetes.
In their study, the authors point out that olive oil can protect against insulin resistance. Insulin is produced by the pancreas to help the body process sugar. As well, a diet high in fruits and vegetables can help reduce inflammation in the body, which is a risk factor for a number of illnesses.
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200 tonnes of Marlborough olives head to the press
By Rachel Young,
Harvest has started, but not as many in Marlborough know it this time it is the olives that are being gathered.
The Marlborough olive press started up on Monday and already is expected to press more than 200 tonnes of olives over the next month, with 71 different people already having booked their crops in.
The press was sold to 28 different shareholders about six months ago, with Awatere River and Seresin Estate as two of the major shareholders.
Seresin Estate estate manager Colin Ross said the harvest usually lasted between six to eight weeks and the crops were looking fantastic.
Yesterday was Seresin Estate’s first day of harvesting with a mixture of a shaker machine harvester, which grabs the trunk and shakes it vigorously, and hand picking being used to gather the olives, depending on the size of the tree.
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flagrant délit de rejet d’huile d’olive: 300 000 euros d’amendes
A l’audience, le 26 mars, le tribunal a jugé que l’armateur italien Marnavi devait payer 280.000 euros d’amende et Giuseppe Salone, le capitaine du bateau baptisé Praiano à 20.000 euros d’amende.
Son navire avait été pris en flagrant délit de rejet d’huile d’olive par l’avion de surveillance des douanes en février 2005 au sud du site classé de l’île de Porquerolles (Var). Le parquet avait requis 300.000 euros d’amende au total dont 280.000 à la charge de Marnavi.
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