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"Europe has almost run out of local olive oil supplies and is set for more
shortages, after extreme weather damaged harvests for a second year.
The world’s largest producer has said it is having to import supplies from
South America to keep up with demand.
“Today it is almost physically impossible to buy olive oil. It is sold out,”
Walter Zanre, the chief executive of the UK arm of Filippo Berio, said.
Olive trees have been cultivated around the Mediterranean for thousands of
years, with Spain alone producing half of the world’s supply of olive oil, but
wildfires and soaring summer temperatures mean the future of this ancient
industry is looking increasingly uncertain.
Global production is expected to fall to 2.4m tonnes according to the
International Olive Council, less than last year’s harvest and well short of
global demand of about 3m tonnes, after drought and heatwaves of more than 40
degrees hit production in Spain.
Extreme weather in other important growing regions including Greece, Italy and
Portugal as well as Turkey and Morocco has added to the crisis."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
