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Jul. 30, 2024
Tunisian Quality on The World Stage
Tunisian extra virgin olive oil brands earned 26 awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition, capping off a successful harvest in the country.
Jul. 29, 2024
Sustainability Guides Award-Winning Producer in Turkey
Garisar successfully navigates climate extremes and economic challenges, producing sustainable, award-winning quality.
Jul. 24, 2024
New Process Increases Sustainability, Phenolic Profile of Olive Leaf Extracts
A novel approach does not use harmful chemicals and creates an extract with potential uses in olive oil production and food packaging.
Jul. 24, 2024 World
Women Share Their Challenges in Producing and Selling Award-Winning Olive Oils
Jul. 24, 2024 Production
Jul. 23, 2024 Production
Fustiness, Rancidity Are the Most Common Defects in World Competition Submissions
Jul. 20, 2024 Producer Profiles
Award-Winning Producer Promotes Rhodes as An Olive Oil Destination
Jul. 7, 2024 The Best Olive Oils
Portuguese Producers Highlight Quality as the Cornerstone of Promotional Efforts
Jul. 1, 2024
Drought and Ill-Timed Rain Lead to Poor Harvest in Uruguay
Officials estimate production will be 72 percent below the five-year average, after an historic drought and a rainy harvest.
Jun. 27, 2024
The 1,000-Member Co-Op Taking on The Challenging Terrain of Northern Portugal
The members of the Agricultural Cooperative of Olive Growers of Murça farm the rugged terrain, working together to produce award-winning extra virgin olive oil.
Jun. 25, 2024
Turkish Producer Highlights the Distinctive Qualities of the Native Kilis Olive
The award-winning producers behind Masmana have overcome a range of climatic and socioeconomic challenges to bring their organic Kilis olive oil to the world.
Jun. 12, 2024
How Resilience and Passion Drive a Boutique California Producer
In less than four years, the couple behind Chateau de Luz has overcome climate extremes, pests and labor challenges to craft world-class extra virgin olive oil.
Jun. 12, 2024
Proposal Would Ban Solar Panel Installation on Italy's Farmlands
Exemptions for agri-voltaic systems would still allow research and development of projects in olive groves to continue.
Jun. 10, 2024
Kern County Producer Reflects on The California Olive Oil Industry
Stefanie Wickensheimer explains how Rio Bravo Ranch crafts high-quality extra virgin olive oil in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Jun. 10, 2024
Farmers in Greece Witness the Impacts of Climate Change After Historically Low Harvest
Farmers and millers throughout Greece have reported that climate change is making it increasingly difficult to produce award-winning extra virgin olive oil.
Jun. 10, 2024
French Producers Celebrate Award-Winning Finish to Bumper Harvest
While France produced 5,500 tons of olive oil in the 2023/24 crop year, farmers and millers in France earned 14 awards at the World Competition.
Jun. 3, 2024
Croatian Producers Share Secrets Behind Their Award-Winning Success
The small southeastern European country produced just 3,500 tons of olive oil in the 2023/24 crop year but earned 80 awards from 97 entries at the World Competition.
Jun. 3, 2024
Xylella-Resilient Groves Are the Future of Apulian Olive Oil
Farmers’ associations, researchers and institutions are teaming up to replant Xylella fastidiosa-resilient olive trees in Puglia.
May. 28, 2024
East Asian Producers Show Award-Winning Quality on World Stage
Producers from China and Japan combined to earn ten awards at the 2024 World Olive Oil Competition.
May. 28, 2024
Monte do Camelo Wins Big with Sustainably Grown Native Varieties
The small-scale Portuguese producers earned a Silver Award at the 2024 NYIOOC for a Galega monovarietal. The company focuses on growing native olives sustainably.
May. 28, 2024
Spanish Olive Oil Production Continues to Beat Expectations
While this year’s yield remains significantly below the five-year average, it exceeded initial expectations by 11 percent and surpassed last year’s historically poor harvest by 28 percent.
May. 28, 2024
Greek Producers Celebrate Successful Finish to Historically Low Harvest
Farmers and millers in Greece earned 56 awards at the 2024 NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition after the worst harvest in a decade.
May. 23, 2024
Olives with Higher Phenol Content More Resistant to Anthracnose
Researchers found that olive varieties that maintained high concentrations of certain phenolic compounds during ripening were less likely to develop anthracnose.