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The World Olive Day (every Nov. 24) is an annual event that was launched in 2016 by the International Olive Council (www.internationaloliveoil.org). According to this International forum, the World Olive Day is aimed to spread the concept that the olive production is an “agent in combating global warming”, because “olive growing has a positive carbon balance, sequestering more CO2 in its growth cycle than the greenhouse gases emitted in the production process of virgin and extra virgin olive oil”. On the other hand, “olive oil and table olives, are a proven source of nutrition and health, and key ingredients in...

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Although in Ralda+Friends we like to tell you happy stories, this time we need to share one which makes us very unhappy. It is about the first Spanish case of “Xylella Fastidiosa” in Manacor (Majorca, Balearic Islands), a harmful bacterium for a many kind of trees, especially olive trees. Spanish and international media have reported the discovery of a sub-species of the bacteria in a sample of cherry trees during the first days of November. The trees were in a local garden centre and soon the finding triggered the alerts on public officials as well as on farmers. Only three...