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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rare jongens, die Fransen. Dat ze druk zijn om fietsen in Frankrijk leuker te maken, dat is bekend. Maar nu hebben ze plotseling een mega-mountainbike-route van liefst 1.380 kilometer. Hoewe… Read More

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) ha anunciado hoy la firma de un acuerdo con Didi Chuxing (DiDi) para ampliar la colaboración en Movilidad como Servicio (MaaS) en China y como parte… Read More

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Otunba Segun Adewale, popularly known as Segun Aeroland, born May 15, 1966, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, philanthropist and grassroot politician. a native of Ipoti EKiti in Ijero Local Govern… Read More