Tag: olives
Gang arrested over ton of olives filched in Spain’s Antequera
AN olive-stealing gang have been caught red-handed in Antequera, leading to eight arrests and a ton of olives seized.
The arrests are the fruit of...
Concerns over olive oil price hike in Spain as production halved
The olive, which has always been a symbol of the Mediterranean, is now starting to represent the harsh challenges of living in a hotter,...
SEEDS OF HISTORY: SCIENTISTS USING OLIVE SEEDS TO PROVE BIBLE STORIES
OLIVES and Spain! Spain and olives! It’s no surprise to those of us who live here that the two are virtually synonymous. Chances are...
Olive farmers in Andalucia face ‘biblical plague’ that could wipe out next season’s harvest
OLIVE Farmers in Cordoba have warned that a 'never seen before' plague of leaf-eating moths could spell disaster for next season's harvest.
The Union of...
Farmer arrested after dumping DEAD worker in hospital who’d had heart attack during his first day picking olives in...
He is then reported to have left him and fled, after which a doctor realised that the man he had dropped off was dead
Report warns 20% of Spain’s olive farms could disappear within a decade
MORE than 240,000 Spanish olive estates could vanish in the next 10 years.
Olive oil giant Deoleo has warned that international competition and the stagnation...
Outrage as MILLIONS of birds slaughtered by intensive olive farming before being served as TAPAS in Spain’s Andalucia
Millions more songbirds get vacuumed into machinery during intensive night-time harvesting across Spain and Portugal
OLIVE WATCHERS: Spain’s Civil Guard to make surprise visits to olive oil factories after weigh-in controversies
It will serve to dispel doubts that have always existed on the part of farmers who are going to weigh their fruit after a hard day of harvesting
British expat wins top UK food awards for Andalucia made balsamic vinegars
Creator of Fino Olive Oil, Susie Taylor, has won two prizes at this year’s UK Great Taste Awards for her Cordoba products
The EU calls out the US’s decision to impose new high tariffs on Spanish olives
THE European commission has slammed the new high tariffs imposed on Spanish olives by the US as ‘simply unacceptable’.
It comes as the US Department...
Andalucian olive farmers face increase in tariffs after American trade deal
OLIVE farmers in Andalucia are facing tariffs on up to 25% of their exports following a series of trade levies by US president Donald...
Olive stealing gang busted in Malaga posed a serious health risk to the public
A GANG dedicated to stealing olives in Malaga has been dismantled by Spanish police.
Around 30 people are suspected of raiding olive farms and plots...
Oil you need to know about Andalucia’s ‘liquid gold’
Andalucia produces 73% of Spain's olive oil
Donald Trump takes on Spanish olive industry over ‘unfair’ subisdies
US Department of Commerce launching ‘full and fair investigation of the facts’
World’s largest olive oil company in Spain lost €179 million last year
A lower harvest due to a bacteria outbreak could be partly to blame
Olive farmers form vigilante groups to stop criminal gangs poaching their produce
The national farmers union says they will do all they can to defend their stock
Spain-China ‘silk train’ to export food
The ‘silk train’ currently transports electronic and retail goods between the two countries
It’s oil good border enterprise
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, and they’re right. But olives do
Global warming is pushing Spain’s climate closer to that seen in North Africa
With average temperatures expected to rise by as much as five degrees by 2050, Spain’s universally appreciated crops could be in serious jeopardy
Spanish olive farmers feel the squeeze from supermarkets
Competition from emerging countries has also contributed to a 50 per cent drop in market value
Record harvest of olives needed to weather the storm
This year's bumper crop could could prove vital after low rainfall and frost damages predictions for the coming year
The hunt for liquid gold in Spain
As the olive picking season gets in full swing and three Andalucian olive oil producers are installed in the world’s best, Wendy Williams takes a look at what makes a good olive oil
On the up for olives
Healthy Mediterranean snack now set to pip the peanut with UK consumers
Hard harvest
Andalucia's farmers left counting the cost of the wettest December for half a century
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS
Police catch multi-tasking robber specialising in catalytic converter thefts on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A THIEF from Oliva in Valencia province who turned his hand to a variety of robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
He was...
