We would like to share an interesting news about three events that will happen in a few days. They are very landmarks in the schedule of those who, like us, love everything related to the culture of olive trees and oil. First of all, we would like to highlight that on November 29, the 9th Millennial Olive Tree Congress will be held in Ulldecona (Tarragona). The program will include valuable conferences and workshops on oil-tourism, the conservation of ancient olive trees, the European cultural routes and the management of agrocultural heritage. Experts from all over Spain and, especially, from the...

A) 1st Economic Forum Tortosa – Terres de lEbre (www.tortosa.cat) Next Friday, 1 March, we invite you to attend the 1st Economic Forum Tortosa Terres de lEbre at the Modernist Area of the Museum of Tortosa. The event will gather renowned experts such as José Maria Gay de Liébana (PhD in Economics, author, speaker and professor at University of Barcelona) and Olga Martin, president of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology and professor at Lleida University. The event is entitled Denomination of Origin Economics and is aimed to show and promote the economic attractiveness of the territory...

The Pack “Terres de l’Ebre” we presented in 2016, only a few weeks before Xmas season, was an astonishing success, as it went sold out. This year we are releasing a second edition of the pack. You know that we always want to provide you with reasons to show affection to your loved ones. And these reasons are better shown if you share time and meals with them. Now, you may benefit from significant advantages if you get the pack this week (see below). “Terres de l’Ebre” is a great gift for the upcoming season. It is composed of Ralda+Friends oil, “olivadas”...

We are very pleased to share with you that we have been accepted as finalists to one of the most important Prizes in Food Innovation in Catalonia. Last 5 October we went to Barcelona to present our project to a jury composed by  senior officials from the Department of Agriculture of the Catalan Government. At the beginning of 2017, in the last Oil and Asparagus Fair in Godall, we were visited by representatives of the Government. They encouraged us to bid to the annual edition of the PITA Prizes (PITA meaning: Prizes in Innovation and Food Technology). The prizes are...

In our last post we reported our Summer visit to the Farga del Arión, where some of the oldest olive trees in the world are living and producing oil.  Related to this, today we want to introduce a very interesting initiative that Ralda & Friends is publicly supporting. It is called the Olivos Milenarios project (Millennial Olive Trees) (www.aceiteolivosmilenarios.com), gathering all the oils made from olive trees aged 1.000 years or more within the Sénia Territory. In Spain, where the regions of Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet, you can find the Sénia Territory. There, between the Sénia River and the...