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IOC Celebrates World Olive Oil Day Via Zoom Teleconference

2020-11-26 by Phil Butler

IOC

The International Olive Council (IOC) goes live with “The future of the olive sector” teleconference today.

Tags: agriculture, Akissa Bahri, Al Sayed Elkosayer, EVOO, IOC, Levan Davitashili, Luis Planas, Mario Solinas Quality Award, Miguel Clüsener-God, olive oil, UNESCO, World Olive Oil Day

A Workable Vision of Minoan Greatness Reborn on Crete Island

2020-10-18 by Phil Butler

Galatas River Valley

I woke this morning with the afterglow of an unknown face burned into my cerebral cortex. Stirred from a lucid dream by the rare sound of barking by my Cretan Hound Mojito, I tried hard to recall the vivid imagery of dreamy fantasy. In the dream, a man dressed scantily in typical Minoan fashion stood […]

Tags: agriculture, agrotourism, Cretan olive oil, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete gastronomy, Crete Region, culinary tourism, EU, Galatas Palace, Galatas temple, Galatas village, George Rethemiotakis, Greece industries, Green tourism, green travel, Heraklion prefecture, Kostis Christakis, Minaon Civilization, Minas Liapakis, olive oil industry, olive oil standards, Stelios Kanakis, world olive oils

Growtech Eurasia Conference: 5th-8th December 2012

2012-11-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Growtech Eurasia

A wonderful opportunity for everyone involved in the agricultural industry to network, discover new products and forge new business relationships, Growtech is expected to be attended by everyone from exporters and importers to distributors and customers. Here’s a few of the conference highlights and more information about the location.

Tags: agriculture, Antalya, conference, EurAsia, Turkey

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