Australia Charts Five-Year Course for Olive Oil Industry

Australia Charts Five-Year Course for Olive Oil Industry

by Sarah Schwager

The plan sets objectives to help protect and advance an industry that has grown rapidly in a short time, yet looks set to flatten if certain challenges are not tackled.

Posted on August 31 2010

Spanish Olive Oil Exports to the U.S. Showing Strong Gains

Spanish Olive Oil Exports to the U.S. Showing Strong Gains

by Sarah Schwager

Spanish exports of olive oil to the United States have increased by 17% in the first half of the year, the result of economic circumstances and sustained marketing efforts.

Posted on August 30 2010

Spanish Co. Fills Pillows with Recycled Olive Pits

Spanish Co. Fills Pillows with Recycled Olive Pits

by Sarah Schwager

Olive pits and charcoal help with breathing while contouring to the head and neck and activating more than 40 acupuncture points, the company claims.

Posted on August 28 2010

Q&A with Hidamet Asa, Chairman of Turkish Olive Giant Marmarabirlik

Q&A with Hidamet Asa, Chairman of Turkish Olive Giant Marmarabirlik

by Umut Egitimci

Claiming to be the world's largest producer of olives, Marmarabirlik sets its sights on new markets with an ever-expanding range of products.

Posted on August 26 2010

Uruguay Inaugurates Breakthrough Lab for Olive Oil Evaluation

Uruguay Inaugurates Breakthrough Lab for Olive Oil Evaluation

by Daniel Williams

To ensure Uruguayan olive oil meets IOC criteria, the project will also fund a tasting panel accustomed to the sensory qualities necessary for international certification.

Posted on August 24 2010

Community in Spain Collects Used Olive Oil to Make Soap

Community in Spain Collects Used Olive Oil to Make Soap

by Daniel Williams

An innovative program seeks to reuse the leftover quantities of various oils used in Spanish cooking and convert them to soap and other useful purposes.

Posted on August 24 2010

Chilean Co. Looks to Enter European Gourmet Market

Chilean Co. Looks to Enter European Gourmet Market

by Daniel Williams

The Chileangourmet plan is aimed at attracting the European market by introducing olive oil flavored with the native Chilean spice Merkén.

Posted on August 19 2010

Andalucía Shores Up Olive Oil Cooperatives with 4.38M Euros

Andalucía Shores Up Olive Oil Cooperatives with 4.38M Euros

by Daniel Williams

The Andalucían regional government handed out incentives to a number of Spanish cooperatives in an effort to transform and strengthen southern Spain’s olive oil sector.

Posted on August 18 2010

Severe Winter Damages San Juan Olive Plantations

Severe Winter Damages San Juan Olive Plantations

by Daniel Williams

The cold weather in San Juan, Argentina over the past weeks is similar to 2007 when nearly 70 percent of the province's olive groves were lost due to the drop in temperature.

Posted on August 18 2010

New Eco-Friendly Olive Oil Mill in Lleida

New Eco-Friendly Olive Oil Mill in Lleida

by Daniel Williams

The new highly-advanced mega-mill can function without interruption and has the capacity to process around 350,000 kilos of olives daily to produce 2 million kilos of olive oil per year.

Posted on August 16 2010

Argentina Advises Bolivia on Olive Oil Production

Argentina Advises Bolivia on Olive Oil Production

by Daniel Williams

"We wanted to create cooperative ties with our sister republic Bolivia because we felt that we had accumulated experience that we could share." Jorge Ortiz

Posted on August 13 2010

Andalucían Olive Oil Producer Courts Booming Chinese Market

Andalucían Olive Oil Producer Courts Booming Chinese Market

by Daniel Williams

The Andalucían ministry hopes to facilitate the introduction of Spanish olive oil brands that have yet to penetrate the Chinese market as well as consolidate the position of existing brands there.

Posted on August 12 2010

Lawsuit Targets Olive Oil Brands Denounced in Davis Study

Lawsuit Targets Olive Oil Brands Denounced in Davis Study

by Alex Beekman

The lawsuit is the latest development in the unfolding aftermath of the Davis study which was financed, in part, by olive oil producers in California.

Posted on August 04 2010

La Rioja Claims its EVOO is “Healthier”

La Rioja Claims its EVOO is “Healthier”

by Daniel Williams

The study is part of an effort by Spanish local and national governments during a time where newly emerging olive oil producing nations threaten Spain's dominance of the world market.

Posted on August 04 2010

Grupo SOS Signs Distribution Deal in Japan for Bertolli Olive Oil

Grupo SOS Signs Distribution Deal in Japan for Bertolli Olive Oil

by Daniel Williams

Grupo SOS is optimistic about its already strong olive oil business in Japan and the company has forecast a 5 percent market share increase in the next decade.

Posted on August 02 2010

AEMO Report: Traditional Olive Oil Cultivation No Longer Profitable

AEMO Report: Traditional Olive Oil Cultivation No Longer Profitable

by Daniel Williams

The report offers data from a number of industry experts to conclude that the rising costs of olive oil production are higher than the market prices.

Posted on July 31 2010

Q&A With Mustafa Tan, National Olive Oil Council of Turkey

Q&A With Mustafa Tan, National Olive Oil Council of Turkey

by Umut Egitimci

Our goal is to bring all segments of the industry together, find solutions for the problems, and make our country’s olive industry succeed to the throne where it deserves to be.

Posted on July 30 2010

Cold Press:  The Media Pile-On After the Davis Olive Oil Report

Cold Press: The Media Pile-On After the Davis Olive Oil Report

by Denise Johnson

The Davis report's bashing of imported olive oils has enjoyed the kind of viral publicity only eye-grabbing headlines like "That Olive Oil's No Virgin" could achieve. But is it fair?

Posted on July 28 2010