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<pre>--- In OliveOil@y..., sil garoni <sgaroni@a...> wrote:
> on 11/8/02 6:20 PM, Mike Wilson at mike.wilson@h... wrote:
>
> > I feel we really need somebody to stand up and become the "Public
Face" of
> > olive oil in Australia. The wine industry had characters like Len
Evans and
> > Wolf Blass to talk up wine drinking at every opportunity. It took
them 20
> > years, but it does seem to have worked.
>
>
> I agree completely Mike! It is up to us, the growers and producers to
> educate and motivate the consumer. We do need an energetic and
enthusiastic
> "Face" to assist.
>
> Regards
>
> Sil Garoni
>
> Alpine Olives
> Vic.

OK, So who is volunteering?? There will need to be some guarantee of
veracity, believability, whatever you want to call it, and the "face"
will need to be VERY active. Most growers I know have enough to do
just keeping the trees alive in this drought.

Cheers
John Attwood
Tamworth
(Northern) NSW Au
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