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Crete Agriculture

Crete’s EVOO Prices May Soon Rival Gold

2023-09-28 by Phil Butler

Olive groves outside Galatas village

Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) prices in Greece are skyrocketing even before the harvest for 2023. A blazing Summer and draught are the cause.

Tags: crete, Crete Agriculture, Crete EVOO, Crete produce, Crete products, EVOO, Greece, Greece agriculture, Greece products, International Olive Council, Myron Chiletzakis, Skoutari, Taxidi

Crete Farmers Forced to Toss Produce Because of Pandemic

2021-05-06 by Phil Butler

Chania market

Crete’s agricultural growers are being forced to discard products on account of very low demand brought on by the pandemic.

Tags: crete, Crete Agriculture, Crete business, Crete farmers, Crete growers, Crete hotels, Crete markets, Crete products, Crete restaurants, Crete tourism, Ierapetra farmers

Blood of God: The Legacy of the Golden Cretan Son

2020-12-10 by Phil Butler

Stelios Kanakis

A man in Crete has a dream, to revive an ancient culture of excellence and grow a new extra virgin olive oil legacy.

Tags: Crete Agriculture, Crete agrotourism, EVOO, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Galatas Pediada, Galatas village, Giorgos Rethemiotakis, Heraklion prefecture, Knossos, Kostis Christakis, liquid gold, Minoan rituals, Minoan seals, olive growers, olive oil school, Olive Oil University Crete, olive tree, Sacred Rituals, Stelios Kanakis, virgin olive oil

ADAPTtoCLIMATE Conference to Address Crete Agricultural Adaptation

2019-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Coming up in Heraklion June 24th and 25th, the ADAPTtoCLIMATE Conference will focus on the adaptation of the agricultural sector to climate change.

Tags: ADAPTtoCLIMATE, climate change, Crete Agriculture, Crete climate, Crete environment, Crete events, ECMWF, Theodoulos Mesimeris

Terroir by Alexandra Manousakis

2019-03-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Terroir by Alexandra Manousakis

The story of Terroir by Alexandra Manousakis, of Crete and the legacy her father and other winemakers seek to perpetuate.

Tags: Alexandra Manousakis, Cretan olive oil, crete, Crete Agriculture, Crete growers, Crete products, Crete sea salt, Crete wines, Manousakis Winery, Terroir, wines, wines of Crete, world wines

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