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Celebrating National Olive Day

Dan June 1, 2018 Fruits, This Land of Ours

Cathy Isom gives us a bit of history and tells us the best way of celebrating one of the world’s oldest fruits. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Celebrating National Olive Day When you think of olives, you probably wouldn’t immediately classify them as a fruit. Oh, but they are. The olive is the small, bitter-tasting fruit of …

Honeymoon Phase for Georgia Citrus Production
Georgia citrus growers are still in the honeymoon phase of production with regards to disease, said Jonathan Oliver, University of Georgia (UGA) assistant professor and small fruits pathologist. While established groves in Florida have had to deal with disease buildup for decades, disease has yet to be problematic for South Georgia citrus production. But that […]
FDA Proposes OJ Brix Reduction
In response to a 2021 Florida citrus industry petition, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed reducing the minimum Brix of pasteurized orange juice (OJ) from 10.5% to 10%. Brix is a measurement of sugar content. The FDA established a standard of identity (SOI) for pasteurized OJ in 1963 to protect the interests […]

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