The world’s most pres­ti­gious olive oil qual­ity con­test is reveal­ing award win­ners in the Northern Hemisphere divi­sion. We are fol­low­ing the results live.

The world’s most pres­ti­gious olive oil qual­ity con­test is reveal­ing award win­ners in the Northern Hemisphere divi­sion. We are fol­low­ing the results live.

Heavy rain and hail­storms swept across Greece, dam­ag­ing olive trees ahead of the upcom­ing har­vest and rais­ing con­cerns over the spread of dis­ease.

Hobby grow­ers and pro­fes­sional pro­duc­ers are opti­mistic about the upcom­ing har­vest in Oregon.

A unique cli­mate paired with a focus on local vari­eties helped pro­pel pro­duc­ers from across the north of the coun­try to suc­cess at the 2021 NYIOOC.

India’s olive oil imports might rise by 45 per­cent, but it’s still an incred­i­bly small amount for one and a quar­ter bil­lion peo­ple.

“We should not waste time crit­i­ciz­ing dif­fer­ent grades of olive oil. Olive oil purists, in their zeal to pro­mote extra vir­gin, miss the point,” says VN Dalmia, chief exec­u­tive of India’s Dalmia Continental.

From road­side shops and theme parks to guided har­vests and tast­ings, pro­duc­ers in Rio Grande do Sul are using tourism and diver­si­fi­ca­tion to build Brazil’s olive oil indus­try.