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Extra virgin ‘100% real’ olive oil goes on sale in UK
An extra virgin olive oil produced in France and which the grower claims to be produced entirely without insecticides and fertilisers (went) on sale in the UK (last) week. The product differs from most commercially-produced olive oils, which largely rely on...
Rajasthan government brewing ‘olive tea’ plans
After successfully extracting 8,000 litres olive oil from just one of the 11 state-owned olive farms, the Rajasthan government is now hoping to take a bigger leap and titillate taste buds of the tea-savouring nation with olive tea. The government has already sent...
Turning a mess into olive oil success
Around this very day 10 years ago, in a conference room in the grounds division office, Dan Flynn and a handful of others turned out the first run of UC Davis olive oil — pressed from olives off campus trees. The crew filled bottles by hand, plugged in the corks and...
US professors visit New Zealand
Olives New Zealand is co-ordinating a series of visits in New Zealand by two American professors who are on sabbatical studying the chemistry and health benefits of olive oil. Pat O’Hara is Professor of Chemistry at Amherst College, New England. Her husband Richard...
2015 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards
Entries are now open for the 2015 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards (RMFFA) Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Flavoured Oil competition. EVOO categories include micro-volume (50-199L), small volume (200-4999L) , single estate (min 200L) and commercial (min 5000L), along with...