2017-11-18 19:48
Olive oil production is expected to increase production by 20 to 30% in the season 2017/2018, compared to the previous two seasons, CEO of the National Oil Board (ONH) Chokri Bayoudh said Tu… Read More
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2017-10-27 00:54
According to a recent study conducted in Italy, phenols from olive vegetation water can be effective natural preservatives in fresh meat.
Olive Oil Times had the opportunity to preview re… Read More
2017-10-26 00:51
This is the second installment in a series of articles on California Olive Ranch, the largest American olive oil producer.
As natural disasters continue to dog various regions, cities log… Read More
2017-10-25 00:50
Twenty-four people came from as far as Hong Kong, Greece and Turkey to gain a deeper understanding of olive oil sensory evaluation at the fourth edition of the Olive Oil Sommelier Certifi… Read More
2017-10-24 00:38
For the second consecutive year, Spain’s agricultural ministry has launched a pilot experiment using artificial intelligence to predict the evolution of the olive fly.
The experimen… Read More
2017-10-23 00:37
The North American Olive Oil Association has named Joseph R. Profaci executive director of the trade group of major American olive oil importers. The position was previously held by Eryn… Read More
2017-10-22 00:31
A new report by the European Parliamentary Research Service provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union’s olive and olive oil sector as well as the current challenges it… Read More
2017-10-16 00:09
More than a dozen wildfires continued to devastate swaths of Napa and Sonoma counties in Northern California today, scorching over 100,000 acres of homes, businesses, vineyards and olive… Read More
2017-10-15 00:05
Global olive oil production will reach 2.854 million tons for the current crop year (September 2017 through August 2018), according to preliminary estimates from the International Olive C… Read More
2017-10-14 00:04
The second International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet, ‘Inspiring a Renaissance of Food Values’ was held October 6-7 at Villa Pecori Giraldi, in Borgo San Lorenzo (Flo… Read More
2017-10-03 23:17
Fall had not even begun and some Italian farmers already started to pick olives, as climate issues led them to modify their harvesting operations. Gradually from now until November, when… Read More
2017-10-02 23:03
Forever associated with culinary pleasures rich in quality olive oil, Spain devotes 2.5 million hectares of land to olive groves. In some regions, each commercial olive tree has its own G… Read More
2017-09-29 22:51
Walking along the lines of olive trees of the Olivotheque at the Hacienda Guzmán, one can travel around the olive oil world without moving from this estate in Seville.
This sort o… Read More
2017-09-20 22:08
As fears mount that trees in Britain could fall victim to the disease which has wiped out large swaths of olive trees in Puglia and reared its ugly head on the Spanish mainland, the Briti… Read More
2017-09-18 21:52
Since embarking on a mission to bring large-scale olive oil production to California in 1998, California Olive Ranch (COR) has honed its operations to replicate what CEO Gregg Kelley and… Read More
2017-09-15 21:30
The esparto grass covered hills and dry ravines of the Tabernas desert are not the usual backdrop to grow olive trees in Spain.
Sustainability is not only thinking about the environment… Read More
2017-09-14 21:29
A new study by a US research team at Woods Hole Research Center, a climate change research organization in Massachusetts, has revealed that agricultural practices have changed the carbon… Read More
2017-09-13 21:21
The Olive Oil Program at the International Culinary Center will hold its six-day, two-level olive oil sommelier certification course at the school’s Campbell, California campus Octo… Read More
2017-09-07 21:01
The summer of 2017 was a long and hot one across much of the Mediterranean. Low rainfall and high temperatures resulted in widespread drought but also destructive forest fires in several… Read More
2017-08-30 20:20
In November 2016, the first case of Xylella fastidiosa was confirmed in Mallorca. Less than one year later, more than 400 cases have been reported along the Balearic Islands.And the numbe… Read More
2017-08-29 20:16
At a time when the US olive oil industry continues to grow more competitive, companies are looking for creative new ways to differentiate themselves from the rest. While some have forged… Read More
2017-08-21 19:26
“Modern facilities for olive oil production require careful planning and the contribution of multidisciplinary competencies,” Pietro Re said when asked about the starting poin… Read More
2017-08-19 19:12
A proposal to release genetically engineered (GE) moths in an area of upstate New York has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The USDA’s Animal and Plant He… Read More
2017-08-18 19:11
For the largest American olive oil producer, California Olive Ranch (COR), it’s all about growing: not olives, but market share.
Instead of slugging it out with smaller competitors… Read More
2017-08-17 19:10
The United Kingdom’s Food Standard’s Agency is set to introduce a new risk management framework that it hopes will tackle the changes expected to occur in food safety law. Thi… Read More
2017-08-10 18:32
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a quiet competition to outproduce the other in sunflower seed oil. As a result, the two countries are now the la… Read More
2017-08-09 18:32
In the last five years, the husband-and-wife team of Yannis Prodromou and Evi Psounou Prodromou have weathered the Greek economic crisis by rebranding their olive tree and olive fruit com… Read More
2017-08-08 18:30
The U.S. Department of Commerce has recently launched an investigation to determine whether or not Spanish olive farmers are dumping their products in the US market on top of being unfair… Read More
2017-08-07 18:28
At this year’s Summer Fancy Food Show, we met up with Patricia Darragh, who has led the California Olive Council (COOC) as its executive director since October 1997. We asked Darrag… Read More
2017-08-03 17:52
On Thursday, congressional Republicans in the United States dropped a proposal for a 20 percent tax on imported goods as part of a broader tax reform plan. The Border Adjustment Tax (BAT)… Read More
2017-08-02 17:50
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis will again host their Master Milling Certificate Course this fall, from September 28 to October 1.
This year’s cur… Read More
2017-08-01 17:43
OLEUM is a major project that is part of the EU framework program Horizon 2020, conceived with the goal to assure and increase the level of authenticity and quality of olive oil at a glob… Read More
2017-07-31 17:37
A report by Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, warns that the misuse and counterfeiting of geographical indication (GI) products continue to be a major issue for EU food prod… Read More
2017-07-28 17:27
A social enterprise project to plant acacia trees in Tunisia addresses water scarcity and desertification caused by climate change in Tunisia.
Acacias For All was launched in 2012 by Sara… Read More
2017-07-27 17:25
A report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this month warns of the consequences of global warming in the Asia Pacific region.
Titled “A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensi… Read More
2017-07-26 17:21
Long before Portugal’s Algarve was a tourist destination, deep in the quiet sun-scorched hills surrounding the town of Montcarapacho, olive orchards thrived. Ancient Romans pressed… Read More
2017-07-25 17:20
A California federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the olive oil distributor Veronica Foods against a former employee and the rival company he went to work for, citing a lack of eviden… Read More
2017-07-24 17:19
Fifty decares (50,000 square meters) of olive groves went up in smoke and a 100-year-old olive tree was reduced to ash, as fire raged through an olive grove in Turkey’s Aydin provin… Read More
2017-07-23 17:18
An Australian company called YPB Group has developed an all-new anti-fraud technology to assist local and international food product exporters in combating sophisticated food counterfeite… Read More
2017-07-22 17:17
The U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) have launched an investigation to determine whether Spanish olive producers have been violating fair trade… Read More
2017-07-21 17:16
Hot and dry weather, heat waves and forest fires in several countries across Southern Europe have created drought conditions that are threatening crops like wheat, olives and almonds.
The… Read More
2017-07-20 17:15
In its fight to defend the integrity of mass-market olive oils, a trade group of American importers says it’s ready to go another round.
A recent report by the House Committee on Ap… Read More
2017-07-19 17:13
When I interviewed some of the Croatian olive producers who won awards at the 2017 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), one of them stood out because she was neither a l… Read More
2017-07-18 17:11
European Union negotiators have reached agreement on new rules aiming to boost organic production and increase consumer confidence in organic food products in the EU.
The proposed rules a… Read More
2017-07-16 17:08
A group of scientists, policymakers, and corporate leaders have released a statement warning that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 2020 to effectively tackle climate change.
Wi… Read More
2017-07-14 17:07
Market inspectors and police officers in Pudong, China, have arrested five suspects following an investigation into a scheme to make millions of dollars by changing the expiration dates o… Read More
2017-07-13 17:05
Representatives of the International Olive Council (IOC) recently wrapped up a mission to the United States to discuss the future of the country’s olive industry with producers, bus… Read More
2017-07-12 17:31
The biggest international trade fair totally devoted to the olive oil sector
21 to 22 March 2018 – IFEMA Madrid
World Olive Oil Exhibition
The World Olive Oil Exhibition is m… Read More
2017-07-12 17:04
Last week Puglia once again became the scene of clashes between police and protesters, as environmentalists tried to prevent the removal of the last 42 of 200 ancient olive trees, standin… Read More
2017-07-11 23:28
The future of agriculture is fast approaching and could dramatically affect olive oil production costs. Abundant Robotics in Hayward, California is prototyping a fruit-picker that employs… Read More
2017-07-09 23:25
The Specialty Food Association held its Summer Fancy Food Show from Sunday, June 25th to Tuesday, June 27th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Established in 1952… Read More
2017-07-08 23:24
Croatia’s heavily indebted food and retail concern Agrokor recently announced that it was closing 80 to 100 of its Konzum grocery stores and laying off an untold number of employees… Read More
2017-07-07 23:15
A deadly bacteria that destroyed olive trees in Italy last year has now been detected in almond orchards in Andalusia — the world’s most largest olive oil producing region &md……Read More
2017-07-06 23:15
The European Regional Development Fund is funding a five-country project which aims to increase Mediterranean olive oil producers’ competitiveness by developing and applying “… Read More
2017-07-04 23:00
On June 9 and 10, the evocative cloister of the Convent of Jesus and Mary in San Martino in Pensilis, in Molise, was the stage of the 6th edition of Extrascape, the international competit… Read More
2017-07-03 22:56
Ray Vella was making his rounds through the nature reserve where he worked June 12 when he made a tragic discovery about the woodland’s olive grove.
“When I got there Monday I… Read More
2017-07-02 22:54
The Croatian island of Brač is set to host the 1st World Championship in Olive Picking in October.
An initiative of Postira’s Tourist Board, in cooperation with the Postira Agr… Read More
2017-07-01 22:48
On a warm day of early June, we drove across the green heart of Italy and cherished the graceful profile of the landscape which surrounds Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio.
People who lived… Read More
2017-06-30 22:44
Lebanon is blessed with beautiful and fruitful land and a mild climate that is perfect for growing olives and many other crops that help the nation’s economy flourish.
However, thes… Read More
2017-06-24 22:13
Xylella fastidiosa is a pathogen spreading through Europe that poses a grave threat to its abundant olive trees.
The pathogen, which was once exclusive to America, was found in Italy in 2… Read More
2017-06-23 22:10
Last week TerraOlivo wrapped up the 8th edition of its international olive oil competition. With the recent loss of the president of TerraOlivo, Raul Castellani, it was not an easy task t… Read More
2017-06-22 22:09
“Catastrophique” is how the French olive growers’ association is describing the most recent olive season.
According to a report by AFIDOL (Association Française I… Read More
2017-06-21 22:05
Located in the center of Pula just a short walk away from a first-century Roman amphitheater, its official Latin name, Museum Olei Histriae, translates as the Museum of Istrian olive oil… Read More
2017-06-20 22:03
The Turkish press has reported the government’s withdrawn of some of the proposed changes to “The Olive Law” which protects Turkey’s olive groves following widespr… Read More
2017-06-19 22:01
Winning entries at the 2017 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC) included exceptional olive oils from 20 countries, with Italy topping the list with 123 awards, followed… Read More
2017-06-18 21:56
A new joint venture by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has been launched to test nuclear-based technol… Read More
2017-06-17 21:48
George and Sheri Braun of The Olive Farm on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia have successfully produced the very first 100 percent Canadian extra virgin olive oil from their 2016 harv… Read More
2017-06-16 21:47
Tucked away in San Roman, a rural region of Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province, is Olivares La Reconquista, an Italian-Argentine olive oil company that’s making a name for itse… Read More
2017-06-15 21:30
The Turkish parliament’s industry commission announced earlier this week that it had removed a highly controversial article which would have given the green light for olive groves t… Read More
2017-06-14 21:18
The Italian Government’s “Made in Italy” campaign is under threat of being scrapped. Far from being a recipe for success, the initiative, which aimed to distinguish genu… Read More
2017-06-13 21:16
One might imagine that ef zin, the Greek term for welfare or more colloquially, “the good life”, would be harder to come by lately in Greece, a country whose economic hardship… Read More
2017-06-12 21:00
For an olive oil producer in Lesbos, Greece in the throes of the Greek economic crisis the choice was clear: Either sell the family’s olive trees or add value by focusing on quality… Read More
2017-06-11 20:54
Hundreds of groves and the livelihoods of around 10 million people remain at risk as the future of Turkey’s olive trees is decided. Representatives from the olive industry met with… Read More
2017-06-10 20:41
Every April since 2013, the world’s largest and most prestigious olive oil competition has been held in New York, and the results of the NYIOOC are widely considered to be the most… Read More
2017-06-09 20:34
Japan will continue to invest in the Tunisian olive oil sector until 2021 following the first stage of studies undertaken by a team of Japanese and Tunisian researchers.
The studies were… Read More
2017-06-08 20:28
The Italian authorities hosted the 105th session of the International Olive Council (IOC) at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome… Read More
2017-06-07 20:26
A University of California at Davis researcher and a faculty member of its Medical Center, Rosane Oliveira, is continuing her one-woman crusade against olive oil in an article posted yest… Read More
2017-06-06 20:16
Olives were first introduced to North America by Franciscan priests, who were sent over from Spain and used them as one of their tools to Christianize the various populations of indigenou… Read More
2017-06-05 20:12
This week a cosmetic company, Oliveda, announced their purchase of 800,000 square meters of land housing around 11,000 mature olive trees, boosting the company’s existing portfolio… Read More
2017-06-04 20:12
A new national olive oil competition was held for the first time in Turkey recently with awards being handed out to winners during a ceremony on April 28, 2017.
The IOC Mario Solinas Turk… Read More
2017-06-03 20:04
A British consumer-owned food cooperative called Co-op Food has drawn the attention of consumers and plain language campaigners for its unique labeling of its olive oil.
The label, which… Read More
2017-06-01 19:53
Proposed changes to “The Olive Law” which has protected Turkey’s olive trees since the 1930’s could result in thousands of trees being cut down and olive groves re… Read More
2017-05-31 19:42
A team of scientists from Hyderabad’s Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research (ICAR-IIOR) has successfully developed and tested three new varieties of safflower cultivars with an olei… Read More
2017-05-30 19:32
A British based company has replaced ocean destroying plastic microbeads with milled olive stones in an environmentally friendly hand wash made from ground olive kernels.
Zembra co-founde… Read More
2017-05-29 19:28
Waste from the olive oil industry like olive stone ash, ground olive stones, and sludge from pomace oil extraction can be used as effective secondary raw materials in the making of clay b… Read More
2017-05-28 19:27
Industry experts are warning that consumers will have to fork out more for olive oil, as droughts in the Mediterranean region take their toll on olive oil production. Consumers across Eur… Read More
2017-05-27 19:05
According to the Tunisian Economic Observatory (an independent organization of researchers, analysts, and activists), Tunisia has not been able to benefit from the increased duty-free imp… Read More
2017-05-23 18:41
A recent study found that lupeol, a natural compound found in olives and other plants including mango, dandelion root and aloe vera acts as a “molecular condom,” preventing sp… Read More
2017-05-22 18:02
“The idea of this startup was born in Apulia, among its millennial olive trees which are authentic witnesses to Mediterranean history,” said Cosimo Damiano Guarini.
An agronom… Read More
2017-05-21 18:00
Over the last decade, Portugal has quadrupled its production of olive oil and tripled its volume of exports.
The figures represent a radical shift in the country’s olive oil industr… Read More
2017-05-20 18:00
One of the Gold Award winners announced last month at the New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC) was a robust Šoltanka, made from an indigenous olive variety also kn… Read More
2017-05-19 17:56
New Zealand’s olive producers were forced to delay harvesting this season as lack of sun and torrential rain resulted in the fruit ripening late. As the harvesting season should hav… Read More
2017-05-15 17:46
There were plenty of surprises at the 2017 New York International Olive Oil Competition — but few caused quite as much of a stir as the Gold Award won by a Chinese producer.
You can… Read More
2017-05-14 17:42
The Lone Star State is about to get its first conference for a burgeoning olive industry.
The daylong conference, scheduled for June 16, 2017, at the Freeman Coliseum Expo Hall A, in San… Read More
2017-05-13 17:41
At the end of March, UK Minister Theresa May officially triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, setting in motion the two-year negotiation process of Britain leaving the European Un… Read More
2017-05-12 17:30
In 2008, Brazilian olive growers extracted their first liters of olive oil. Almost a decade later, these gourmet EVOO producers are still working diligently to establish a client base.
Br… Read More
2017-05-11 17:26
Despite facing significant challenges over the past few years regarding production and product fraud (and more recently the economic fallout from Britain departing the European Union), ol… Read More
2017-05-10 17:17
Figures released by Tunisia’s National Office for Oil reveal that olive oil production is expected to reach 100,000 tons this year, which represents a 28.5-percent decrease compared… Read More
2017-05-09 17:03
In a joint operation between INTERPOL and Europol, €230 million of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages were seized. The operation, which was carried out across 61 countrie… Read More
2017-05-08 16:51
There’s a saying that’s touted in the wine-loving regions of Argentina. “If you don’t drink wine, then why did you come?” Increasingly, the local olive oil i… Read More
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