`Córdoba Congress to Promote Excellence in Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Olive Oil Times
Enter keywords and hit Go →
enEnglish
enEnglishfrFrançaiselελληνικάdeDeutscheitItalianozh-CN中文ptPortuguêsesEspañoltrTürkçehrHrvatskija日本語hiहिंदी
enEnglish
enEnglishfrFrançaiselελληνικάdeDeutscheitItalianozh-CN中文ptPortuguêsesEspañoltrTürkçehrHrvatskija日本語hiहिंदी

Córdoba Congress to Promote Excellence in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

By Julie Butler
Dec. 14, 2013 11:45 UTC
Summary Summary

The International Congress of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Córdoba, Spain aims to cre­ate an inter­na­tional net­work of pro­duc­ers, experts, and chefs to pro­mote excel­lence in the prod­uct. The con­fer­ence will focus on high­light­ing the unique qual­i­ties of extra vir­gin olive oil and pro­vid­ing tools for both con­sumers and pro­duc­ers to enhance their appre­ci­a­tion and pro­duc­tion of EVOO.

cordoba

“Building Bridges” is the theme of the International Congress of Extra Virgin Olive Oil being held next Tuesday and Wednesday in Córdoba, Spain.

One of its main objec­tives is the cre­ation of an inter­na­tional net­work of pro­duc­ers, extra vir­gin olive oil experts, doc­tors, jour­nal­ists and chefs inter­ested in pro­mot­ing excel­lence in the prod­uct, accord­ing to joint orga­niz­ers QvExtra! Internacional and the Spanish Association of Municipalities of the Olive Tree (AEMO).

QvExtra! Internacional pres­i­dent Soledad Serrano López told Olive Oil Times one of the big prob­lems in the sec­tor is a lack of knowl­edge about a prod­uct that is truly ​“unique and unpar­al­leled.”

“The para­dox is that the sec­tor is actu­ally becom­ing poorer, a sit­u­a­tion that we have to change by placingex­tra vir­gin olive oil in the posi­tion it deserves. So that’s why the gas­tro­nomic and health fea­tures that make it such a spe­cial prod­uct will be empha­sized at the con­fer­ence.”

About 60 pro­duc­ers, from about eight dif­fer­ent coun­tries, are expected to attend. One of the aims of the QvExtra! Internacional asso­ci­a­tion is to unite all pro­duc­ers world­wide in the quest to pro­mote extra vir­gin olive oil. ​“Premium qual­ity oils are made in new pro­ducer coun­tries just as they are in the Mediterranean region and all coun­tries are equally wel­come in this asso­ci­a­tion,” Serrano said.

The con­gress is billed as offer­ing con­sumers sim­ple tools to help them bet­ter appre­ci­ate and enjoy EVOO, while pro­duc­ers will gain tools aimed at excel­lence in pro­duc­tion and be encour­aged to share their expe­ri­ences and exper­tise. Dedication to qual­ity is seen as the best way to increase­ex­tra vir­gin olive oil con­sump­tion.

The con­gress fea­tures experts from around the world and work­shop top­ics include

- Quality achieve­ment in dif­fer­ent pro­duc­tive areas,
 — Myths and facts about EVOO,
 — Building bridges and gath­er­ing efforts in rela­tion to extra vir­gin olive oil.

A series of lec­tures will cover top­ics includ­ing the sta­bil­ity and preser­va­tion of mono-vari­etal EVOOs, the organolep­tic char­ac­ter­is­tics of EVOOs, Andalusia’s olive oil qual­ity pro­mo­tion strat­egy, olive oil and the Mediterranean diet, the PREDIMED study and pre­ven­tion of car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­eases, the Mediterranean diet and can­cer, the extra vir­gin olive oil sym­phony, and a study of con­sumer habits and con­sumer per­cep­tion.

Conference Program

More articles on: 

Advertisement

Related Articles