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Friday 11 August 2017
Brought to you by Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower & Processor www.olivebiz.com.au
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Mohammed Sumaila, an amateur footballer from Ghana has made headlines after he agreed to play for a local team in Bursa, Turkey, reportedly for 10 liters of olive oil.
And they reckon world cup players get paid well!
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Golden moment: Helen and Peter Wright with their New York International Olive Oil Competition awards.
Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
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Helen and Peter Wright have won two prestigious New York International Olive Oil Competition awards for their Grassy Spur olive oils. It was the first year the husband-and-wife olive farming team entered oils in the competition, and they are delighted with the success
It’s great to see regional news outlets sharing local producers’ success. Find out how to get your space on a news page at the 2017 AOA National Olive Industry Conference – more information here.
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The 2016 National Plant Biosecurity Status Report is now available on the PHA website. The 9th edition of the Status Report provides an overview of the plant biosecurity system in Australia, pest threats to plant production systems and the environment, responses to plant pest incursions and research and development projects. More information, and download the report,
here.
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Forget kale, chia seeds and quinoa, a health expert has revealed the unexpected superfoods you can find at supermarkets for a fraction of the cost. Sydney dietitian and nutritionist Susie Burrell said there are affordable foods that contain just as many health benefits as the latest fads.
One of the most interesting price/health comparisons is coconut oil and olive oil, and the comment that olive is “the only oil we should be
consuming”.
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Expressions of interest are currently being sought from olive growers to participate in the Australian Olive Industry Benchmarking program. Funded by Hort Innovation using the olive levy, and delivered by independent consulting group RMCG, benchmarking is a great management tool to track the performance of your business and how it compares with other growers across the industry. Further information on what is involved in participating in this free program for levy payers is available
here, or you can register your interest to participate
here.
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We hope you’re all enjoying your weekly edition of
Friday Olive Extracts
(FOE), bringing all the latest industry news and events to your Inbox in an even more timely manner. THE place to share olive industry news and last-minute event reminders, the 2017 weekly format has been another great step forward for our increasingly popular industry e-newsletter, and we now have nearly 4000 subscribers across the globe. If you’re not one of them, you can sign up
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The Australian Academy of Science has released the Decadal Plan for Australian Agricultural Sciences 2017–26. The plan “Grow. Make. Prosper.” outlines strategies to improve the strength and efficiency of agricultural research in Australia in ways that will increase the ability of governments and producers to maintain productivity and efficiency in the face of evolving natural challenges. Download the plan
here.
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This is where I was going to write about what the gardener with a sophisticated palate should grow this year, in order to eat the best of everything. And then I realised, not quite coincidentally, that I was also thinking about cooking/eating a potato cake made with home-grown spuds, tender home grown shallots, winter-sweet home-grown parsley, home laid eggs and olive oil from a farm in mid-NSW.
Yes, this is a gardening article, but we love that she includes locally-produced olive oil as a “home-grown luxury” – although we’d say “necessity”!
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A drought and plant disease in the Mediterranean has accelerated the 30% year on year decline of olive oil production. Olive oil is the latest staple shoppers can expect to see a surge in prices in coming months due to a global shortage of supply.
The alternative to that extra $1.50 per litre for imported olive oil is, of course, buy NZ EVOO.
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Spain's olive oil industry has been hard hit by drought and disease, cutting world production. Some olive growers in New Zealand will be thinking seriously about their future, after a wet winter has slashed the New Zealand crop by half.
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With the US considering a legal definition of ‘natural’ food, does Europe need one too? It would increase clarity for a complex concept, but defining 'degrees of naturalness’ for origin, ingredients and processing may be better, say the researchers of a review covering 85,000 consumers in 32 countries.
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The Economy Ministry has called a halt to the practice of restaurants and tavernas topping up the olive oil bottles on their tables from a source in the kitchen, saying it poses a hygiene risk to customers.
Whether it’s about hygiene or quality, it’s a positive move which is gradually becoming the norm across Europe.
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Food & Wine’s resident Mad Genius is back this week to address one of life’s many small inconveniences: olive pits.
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USAID Punjab Enabling Environment Project (PEEP) and Allied Foods have signed a grant to establish a mobile olive extraction unit, a statement said on Monday.
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In the last five years, the husband-and-wife team of Yannis Prodromou and Evi Psounou Prodromou have weathered the Greek economic crisis by rebranding their olive tree and olive fruit company, Yanni’s Olive Grove, into an award-winning producer of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO).
There’s some great advice in here for other small producers: "Don't stop believing in yourself and in your products. Always keep trying, regardless of the obstacles."
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2017
- 11 August – Entries close, 2017 Royal Adelaide Olive Awards - Adelaide, SA
www.theshow.com.au
- 28 August – Entries close, 2017 NZ Royal Easter Show Competition – Auckland, NZ
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- 6 September – Entries close, Sol d'Oro Southern Hemisphere competition – Osaka, Japan
www.solagrifood.com
- 8 September – Entries close, 2017 Australian International Olive Awards – Adelaide, SA
www.internationaloliveawardsaustralia.com.au
- 8 September – Entries close, 2017 Fleurieu Food Olive Awards – Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
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- 9 September – Awards Presentation Dinner, 2017 Perth Royal Olives Show – Perth, WA
www.oliveswa.com.au
- 11-14 September – Fine Food Australia 2017 – Sydney, Australia
www.finefoodaustralia.com.au
- 15 September - Entries close, 2017 NZ EVOO Awards – Auckland, NZ
- www.olivesnz.org.nz
- 21-23 September - Oil China Expo 2017- 12th China international olive oil & Edible Oil Exhibition – Beijing, China
www.eoliveoil.com
- 24 September - 2017 Shanghai international olive oil Tasting Meeting - Shanghai, China
www.eoliveoil.com
- 26-28 September - Science Protecting Plant Health 2017 Conference – Brisbane, Qld
www.sciplant2017.com.au
- 10 October - 2017 Australian International Olive Awards Presentation – Adelaide, SA
www.internationaloliveawardsaustralia.com.au
- 10-11 October - AOA National Olive Industry Conference & Exhibition – Adelaide
www.australianolives.com.au
- 14 October - NZ EVOO Awards Dinner – Wellington, NZ
www.olivesnz.org.nz
- 15 October - ONZ Organoleptic Seminar – Wellington, NZ
- www.olivesnz.org.nz
- 17 November - Awards Presentation, Hunter Olive Show - Hunter Valley, NSW
www.hunterolives.asn.au
2018
- March - World Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tasting Team Championship, Priego de Cordoba, Spain
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To include your event, or update your existing event details, email FOE editor Gerri Nelligan at [email protected]
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