29 Jan
Article by Nicole Visschedyk, Photo by Peter J. Thompson, If you think the new Olive and Olive Oil shop is the ultimate in niche shopping, consider this: Not only is every item in the store olive-based, but it all comes from one small village in Northern Turkey. Mehmet Uzel, who opened Toronto’s first olive-only store […]
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26 Jan
To increase foreign trade, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) is preparing some overseas publicity activities for all sectors, particularly olive and olive oil. China and India are the priority targets for the advertising campaigns, TİM Chairman Oğuz Satıcı said midweek at a press conference held by olive and olive oil sector representatives at the Foreign […]
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24 Jan
During the SIAL Montréal 2007, the 1st edition Olive d’Or has been highly successful in terms of participation, and stood-out as one of the most important international contest. The competition attracted 144 olive oils from more than 18 countries around the world. Register today for the 2nd edition during SIAL Montréal 2008 from April 23-25, […]
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20 Jan
From food tasting course to olive oil tasting, there will be much to appeal to the senses of the some 45,000 trade visitors from 21-24 February 2008. Newly introduced at BioFach 2008 is an award for the best organic olive oil. The special feature of this award is the tasters, as the visitors at the […]
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17 Jan
By Gema Martínez, The aim of the initiative is to collect 200,000 litres of used olive oil to be converted into soap and bio-diesel. More than one and a half thousand kilos of fats reach the beaches of Malaga province each day Straight to the rubbish bin. This is where approximately five thousand tons of […]
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