At beginning of September, the International Olive Council (IOC) presented   very relevant news on its blog that made us very happy: “The world’s olive population protects us against CO2.” As you know it, the production of olives and oils started during the Classical Antiquity and has helped growing, feeding and beautifying the lives of millions of people throughout the History. But it seems that it has also helped the fields and the atmosphere keeping the conditions for life optimal. Recent surveys have calculated that each liter of olive oil produced removes 10 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere. That means...

Last March 10-11, our village of Godall held the 15th edition of its Oil and Asparagus Fair. As it happened in 2017, Ralda&Friends invited all its Friends and Adopters to our annual Encounteer in order to enjoy on the culture, the folklore and the gastronomy of our village. In the following link you can find Alfredos speech for the formal Opening of last years edition (which we are still honoured to recall): https://youtu.be/oy5Y4mC6oXM About 15 friends coming from different points of Europe travelled to meet and greet us. On March 11, morning, they were able to enjoy a popular breakfast made by...

Here, at Ralda&Friends we love to celebrate the little things of life. Even the most insignificant moments can be transformed into an extraordinary experience. A few days ago, we started promoting and preparing our Pack Terres del Ebre Vol. 2017 (see here: http://bit.ly/2i3r6cH) towards Xmas Season. In order to prepare a Pack, we need to do some tasks that we love very much. Lets see: we select the best products in our region, we visit or call the producers, we ask them for their relatives, send our best regards for Xmas and we have to prepare the packs, by filling the...

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...

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...