olive oil

Prices of Greek extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) are dropping despite shortages in the 2014 harvest season of other major producers like Spain, France, Italy and Turkey. Even though Greeks are consuming an impressive 18 kilos per capita a year,...

The first bicommunal olive oil festival will take place in Cyprus this weekend, bringing together Greek and Turkish Cypriot farmers. The “Let’s Grow Together” festival is supported by the EU funded project, “Crop Husbandry" and it is organized by...

DogHouseDiaries website has created a map that shows in which product or activity each country, worldwide, has a comparative advantage, based on figures of commercial, political and social activity.  Greece holds the 'world record' in "olive oil production." Although in...

Good news for Greek olive oil producers as Spanish production is reduced this year, a Bloomber report says. Greece will double olive oil production in order to offset the decrease in Spain. "international olive oil production is expected to drop...

The owners of Greek company Creta Farms, Takis and Manolis Domazakis, have signed a deal of “industrial franchising” with a top charcuterie company in Australia. The agreement, secured amid the difficult times that the Greek market currently faces, shows the...

People who visit Greece always want to take small souvenirs back home, either to treat their friends and family or to remember their journey and the amazing time they had in the country. Whether you prefer your souvenir to be food,...

According to statistical data released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Greek olive oil exports to Japan in 2012 reached 385 million yen (2.8 million euros) in value. This is the largest amount of olive oil that has ever...

For Greece, extra virgin olive oil is considered to be an agricultural product of utmost priority. The Greek state, however, does not provide the opportunity to methodically learn how to produce this high quality product, as Greek universities, technological...

Katerina Gounaris, an impressive young woman from Greece is behind the successful business of ZEN multi-functional soaps which are made of 100% olive oil, water and sodium hydroxide (caustic soda). A few years ago, Katerina decide to move from...

The prefecture of Messinia has been declared the leading Greek prefecture in olive oil production. Thirty-eight percent of this year's olive oil production in Greece came from Messinia, especially in a problematic period for the Greek olive oil industry. “Only...