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Feb. 12, 2025
Peru Has Its Own Olive Council-Approved Tasting Panel
The panel will help improve olive oil quality ahead of what many expect to be a fruitful harvest.
Feb. 12, 2025
Meet the Genoese Couple Cultivating Traditional Italian Olives in Uruguay
After careers in foreign service, the founders of Pique Roto are introducing Uruguayan consumers to traditional Italian olive varieties.
Feb. 11, 2025
Policy Makers, Advocacy Groups Discuss Future of European Food
Members of the European Board on Agriculture and Food, including Slow Food, said policy must change to support the broader uptake of healthy and sustainable diets.
Feb. 8, 2025 Business
Bumper Harvest Boosts Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Amid Market Volatility
Feb. 8, 2025 Business
Spain and Italy Ask Restaurants to Comply with Olive Oil Container Laws
Feb. 7, 2025 Business
Feb. 7, 2025 News Briefs
Feb. 7, 2025 News Briefs
Feb. 3, 2025
Century-Old California Table Olive Canner Faces Permanent Closure
Extreme weather events and financial challenges mean Graber Olive House might have canned its last batch of its iconic table olives.
Feb. 3, 2025
Emigration, Infrastructure Hamper Albanian Agriculture
As olive oil production rises in the southern European country, transport and storage infrastructure are not keeping pace.
Jan. 30, 2025
Celebrated Sicilian Farmer Preserves Traditional Landscapes, Cultivars
The producers behind Agrestis have won five World Competition Gold Awards for the endemic Tonda Iblea monovarietal cultivated in Sicily’s southern mountains.
Jan. 29, 2025
Israeli Harvest Concludes Against Backdrop of War
Amid rocket fire, workforce shortages and disrupted supply chains, Islaraeli olive growers completed another complicated harvest.
Jan. 28, 2025
Farmers in Hungary Make Headway in Olive Cultivation
Capitalizing on the country’s warming winter weather and the persistence of farmers, olive trees flourish in Hungary's southern territories around Lake Balaton.
Jan. 28, 2025
Moroccan Producers Face Third Straight Year of Declining Production
Olive oil production is expected to fall to 90,000 metric tons, resulting in rapidly rising prices and fears of a shortage.
Jan. 21, 2025
Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Climate Accords, Again
Within 30 minutes of his swearing in, the Trump Admininistration said it planned to abandon the global agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Jan. 14, 2025
Discovering Award-Winning Olive Oil in Brazil's Southern Highlands
The producers of Olivas do Gramado emphasize oleotourism as a way to appreciate quality and promote sustainability.
Jan. 14, 2025
Herzegovina's Olive Growers Celebrate Year of Triumphs
Farmers and officials commended Bosnia and Herzegovina's ascension to the International Olive Council, a national approval for a new PDO and a record harvest.
Jan. 13, 2025
Rome's Olive Oil Production on Public Farm Supports Community, Sustainability
The city's organic production provides community support through donations and funds to maintain a public farm in Lazio.
Jan. 13, 2025
Pakistani Province of Punjab Announces Plan to Plant 50M Olive Trees
The announcement is part of a broader initiative in Pakistan to develop olive oil production on a commercial scale to meet local demand and export.
Jan. 13, 2025
Olive Oil Production Comes to French Capital
Neighbors in the southern Parisian suburb of Malakoff joined together late last year to harvest their olives and press olive oil.
Jan. 9, 2025
Olive Council Data Shows Latest Harvest Results, Emerging Trends
Global olive oil production is expected to exceed the five-year average in the 2024/25 crop year, as production decreases in Europe and rises in the Middle East and North Africa.
Jan. 9, 2025
Uruguay Anticipates Harvest Rebound
Good climate conditions and a promising fruit set portend a harvest rebound in Uruguay. While this year's yield will exceed the 2024 total, it will likely be less than in 2023.
Dec. 30, 2024
Iraq Announces Plans to Rejoin Olive Council
The Iraqi parliament is expected to ratify the 2015 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, a necessary step to rejoining the International Olive Council.