Busting the myth that cooking with olive oil ruins teflon pans |
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New research by the Modern Olives Laboratory team has busted the myth that cooking with EVOO can ruin cookware such as Teflon coated pans. The (mis)belief is supported by some manufacturers’ stating that oils with higher smoke points are more suitable and that EVOO could be damaging to their coating.
To sort out myth from fact the Modern Olives Laboratory conducted research to assess the suitability of various cooking oils, including EVOO, for use on Teflon coated pans. The results found that cooking with EVOO had no different effect than other cooking oils.
It’s great news and provides even more confidence in using healthy EVOO for all cooking methods and in all cookware.
Access the research paper and results here – and spread the word! |
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Red Cow Organics general manager Andy Jackman says tourists can become loyal online customers. (ABC Rural: Lachlan Bennett)
Australia Post's decision to end a "crucial" delivery service could undermine agritourism operators and online entrepreneurs, industry players warn. The government-owned business last month revealed it would no longer deliver certain perishable goods, such as cheese and meat, due to inconsistent food safety requirements across states and territories.
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Australia experienced almost a third more rain than average this summer, driving temperatures down. (ABC My Photo: @Nature.By.jj)
Australia recorded its wettest summer in half a decade and its coolest in nine years as La Niña snapped an eight-year hot streak in 2020-21. Rainfall across the country was 29 per cent above the long-term average, making it the soggiest summer in four years.
Glad to hear about the rain for many areas. Your editor is in South Australia and it’s dry, dry, dry in my little grove!
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It has been a long time between rides, showbags and dagwood dogs, but the Sydney Royal Easter Show is back, and regional patrons are ready for its return on April 1.
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The horticulture industry has been struggling with a labour shortage exacerbated by international border closures. (ABC News: Jess Davis)
There is a renewed push for undocumented workers in Australia to be given an amnesty or "status resolution", with concern this group of people could miss out on the COVID-19 vaccine. It comes as a new report recommends the Australian government provide visas to undocumented agrifood workers in a one-off program.
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Better information, rather than more regulation is critical to a more effective water trading system according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's deputy chairman.
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COVID restrictions: stay informed
It’s important to keep up with the changing status of pandemic regulations, so you can access state-specific information on COVID-19 from the links below:
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For sale - Trevi Olive Estate
286 Buckland Park Road, Two Wells, South Australia
Key features:
29.50* ha on 3 titles, within 40 km of Adelaide GPO
28,000 high density FS17 olive trees planted 2003-2006
Irrigation infrastructure; 101ML annual quota, Virginia Irrigation Scheme
Two residences, both currently tenanted
Extensive shedding and sundry improvements
Auction on-site Thursday, 8 April 2021 at 11am (ACST)
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View agent’s website here
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Got something to sell? Or want to buy? Go direct to your target market – olive growers and producers.
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If you’ve got something industry-related to sell, you can reach your target market directly with Olivebiz Classifieds. Our online Classifieds service is an easy and inexpensive solution to advertising your unwanted equipment, extra oil - or even your grove. And if there’s something you’re looking for, it’s the ideal way to get the message out loud and clear to your peers and industry associates – the most likely to have what you need.
Olivebiz Classifieds cost just $40 for AOA members ($100 for non-members), including a text ad and link through to either your web page or images hosted on our site. And you don’t need to be a tech-head: just send us your info and we’ll post it up for you.
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A start-up believes its agriculture robots could make farming easier and more efficient. (ABC Landline: Chris Gillette)
A Queensland couple's decade-long push to lead the world in the production of agricultural robots has received a multi-million-dollar funding boost. Andrew and Jocie Bate's ambitious start-up SwarmFarm has partnered with ag-tech venture capital firm Tenacious Ventures to raise $4.5 million.
Robotic olive harvest, anyone?
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The New South Wales Government is set to lift the ban on genetically modified (GM) crops, after an 18-year moratorium on the practice. The state's Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall today announced the ban would be lifted from July 1.
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Victorian Farm Safety Rebate Scheme
Run by Agriculture Victoria as a key component of the Smarter, Safer Farms initiative, the Farm Safety Rebate Scheme provides an opportunity to improve safety outcomes on your farm. Victorian growers can apply for a Farm Safety Rebate of up to $5,000, with at least 50% co-contribution, to assist eligible farm businesses to invest in infrastructure and equipment to improve safety for farming families, workers and visitors to Victorian farms.
Applications are now open and close on 31 December or when program funds are fully allocated, whichever is sooner.
Find out about eligible projects and apply here or contact Rural Finance on 1800 260 425. |
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Agri-Business Expansion Initiative
The Agri-Business Expansion Initiative is part of an Australian Government investment of $72.7 million to help Australian agribusinesses expand their export markets in 2021. Key elements of the initiative include new one-on-one exporter support services, greater access to market intelligence, and matched grants for government and industry associations to work together on market expansion.
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IFAM extended until 30 September 2021 |
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The Australian Government has announced the extension of the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) to keep global air links open, despite the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
IFAM continues to provide new and extended flights for export freight, including a strong focus on key Asian markets.
New and extended flight routes in the past fortnight include: Melbourne to Los Angeles, Narita and Seoul, Brisbane to Narita and Seoul, Toowoomba to Hong Kong. Incoming flights have also been extended.
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Olive Oil Processing Webinar with Pablo Canamasas #2 |
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Technical Aspects of EVOO Making - Thursday, 25 March, 11am AEDT
Pablo’s webinar last year proved extremely popular with everyone connected with growing and processing olive oil, as did the first in this two-part processing series, run earlier this week.
The second will cover the technical aspects of EVOO making:
- Crushing
- Malaxing
- Processing aids
- Horizontal centrifugation
- Vertical centrifugation
The format will be a 45-60 minute presentation followed by a 30 minute interactive Q&A session, providing plenty of opportunity for people to clarify particular queries or issues.
Registration
The session will run for approximately one and a half hours and will be held in a Zoom Meeting format. All attendees must register to gain access. A link to the session will be provided to registrants via email.
Cost: Levy payers $20 plus GST; non-levy payers $40 plus GST.
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Global Market Insights seminar
The Australian government has partnered with the Export Council of Australia to present a six-part Global Market Insights series. The focus of the next session will be South East Asia.
Details: Thursday, 25 March 3.00-4.00pm AEDT.
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AOA Healthy Soils Field Days roll out – WA event still open for registrations |
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John Barton talking soil management at the Tasmanian Soil Field Day
The AOA’s Healthy Soils Field Days program continues to roll out to rave reviews from participants. The Queensland event happens this Sunday and the program will then move on to Victoria and WA.
Each field day focuses on the role of healthy soils in producing healthy trees and lifting grove productivity. Presented in the grove, the information will cover a wide range of topics around soil health, from identifying and managing soil issues to monitoring and improving both soil and tree health. Along with expert speakers, each program will involve a panel of specialist service providers who will demonstrate and discuss the latest technology to monitor, test and measure vital soil parameters and tree health.
Remaining dates and venues:
14 March - aFthonia Farms, Hampton (via Toowoomba), QLD
21 March - Lisadurne Hill Olives, Rushworth, VIC
28 March - Preston Valley Grove, Lowden (via Donnybrook) WA
Cost* is $40 incl GST for AOA members and levy payers; $50 incl GST for others.
* Tickets will be refunded where a Field Day needs to be re-scheduled to due COVID. Where possible, the decision to cancel will be made at least 7 days prior to the scheduled date.
The full program for each field day, including speaker and venue details, is available on the OliveBiz website here, where you can also register.
This one day of learning how to care for your soil will repay you, your grove and your business for years to come. Don’t miss out, register now!
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This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the Hort Innovation olive research and development levy, co-investment from the Australian Olive Association and contributions from the Australian Government. |
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Olive press shareholders Janine Mayson , left, and Mandy Oyston say people who have olive trees on their properties should utilise them. Brya Ingram/stuff
“The olive tree is surely the richest gift of heaven,” former American President Thomas Jefferson once proclaimed, and Marlborough olive growers Janine Mayson and Mandy Oyston fully agree. The pair are committee members of an olive-growers co-operative which operates Marlborough's only commercial olive press.
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Image: guardia civil
The Guardia Civil in Puente Genil, Córdoba, investigated seven people in connection with the theft of 1,600 kilos of olives from three farms in the town, and, thanks to the involvement of the aerial team and the Roca Team officers, the culprits have been arrested and the material recovered.
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The Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries anticipates a significant boost to olive oil exports due to the digitalization of bureaucratic approvals and new product labels. According to Minister Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem, producers and the government must prioritize packaging Tunisian olive oil with local labels to add value to oils destined for export by clearly identifying their origin.
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Tayyibe Demirel, 64, who is refusing to sell her olive grove in Turgut village to coal mining companies. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Behind Tayyibe Demirel’s olive groves in southwest Turkey lies a vast, grey expanse, stripped bare by a coal mine eating into the rolling hillside. On the horizon, heavy smoke billows from three giant chimneys of the power plant by the town of Yatagan. Determined to save her land and village, Demirel, a 64-year-old grandmother, has singlehandedly taken on the operators extending the mine to feed what is one of Turkey’s largest power plants.
Farmers vs big mining … it’s a universal issue.
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The northwestern African country of Mauritania is seeking to become the nineteenth member of the International Olive Council (IOC). Executive Director Abdellatif Ghedira met with the country’s minister of rural development, Dy Ould Zein, in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott last month to facilitate the country’s accession to the intergovernmental organization.
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Friday Olive Extracts – send us YOUR news |
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With 2021 now underway, Friday Olive Extracts (FOE) continues to bring all the latest industry news and events to your Inbox every week. THE place to share olive industry news, event details and reminders, our industry e-newsletter keeps growing in popularity and we now have nearly 4000 subscribers across the globe. If you’re not one of them, you can sign up here. And please remember that FOE is YOUR e-newsletter, so we’re keen to receive your news and help spread the word. Just email your information to Editor Gerri Nelligan at editor@olivegrower.com.au - it’s free, and the best way to reach your fellow industry members! |
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The United States and European Union have agreed to suspend the $11.5 billion (€9.65 billion) worth of retaliatory tariffs reciprocally imposed during the ongoing 17-year dispute over subsidies to aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. The 25-percent tariff imposed by the United States on some Spanish olive oils and Spanish and French green table olives will be dropped after U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen on Friday.
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Extra virgin olive oil is one of the most popular foods in Europe, but inferior counterfeits are coming onto the market in increasing number. A research team led by Prof Dr Stephan Schwarzinger from the University of Bayreuth has now developed a rapid test to combat this food fraud, which can assess the quality, authenticity and origin of olive oils within just one hour. |
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2021
14 March
Healthy Soils Field Day, Hampton (via Toowoomba), QLD
21 March
Olives NZ AGM (Zoom)
21 March
Healthy Soils Field Day - Rushworth, VIC
24 March
AOA Processing Webinar - Technical Aspects of Olive Oil Extraction
23-25 March
Soil CRC Participants Conference
25 March
Processing webinar with Pablo Canamasas #2 – Online via Zoom
28 March
Healthy Soils Field Day - Lowden (via Donnybrook) WA
5 April
Entries close, Berlin Global Olive Oil Awards – Berlin, Germany
9 April
Olives NZ Focus Grove Field Day - Hawke’s Bay
12 April
Olives NZ Focus Grove Field Day - Northland
14 April
Olives NZ Focus Grove Field Day - Canterbury
15 April
Olives NZ Focus Grove Field Day - Nelson
16 April
Olives NZ Focus Grove Field Day - Wairarapa
7 May
Entries close, OLIVE JAPAN 2021 International Olive Oil Competition
15 May
Registrations close/samples due, EVO IOOC – Palmi, Italy
18-19 May
Farm2Plate Exchange 2021 – Scenic Rim, Qld
25 May
Winners announced, OLIVE JAPAN 2021 International Olive Oil Competition
7-9 June
Hort Connections 2021 – Brisbane, Qld
2 August
Entries open, Hunter Olive Show
3 September
Entries close, Hunter Olive Show
7 October
Awards night, Hunter Olive Show
15-17 October
2021 National Olive Conference & Trade Exhibition - Devonport, Tasmania
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