Olives from Charles Sturt University (CSU) have placed well in the 2008 Royal Canberra Extra Virgin Olive Oil Show. During a ceremony held on Saturday 20 September, the olive oil produced by ‘Long Paddock Olive Rustlers at Charles Sturt University’ received two silver medals and a bronze medal. In the show’s Class One Small Volume Bottled Category, the oils known as Suspence and After Glow received silver, and the oil Heritage Trees received bronze. “I am absolutely delighted at these results in the national competition for the industry,” said Mr Shane Cummins from Long Paddock Olive Rustlers. “The medals are a tribute to the quality of the olives picked from the Experimental Olive Grove and Heritage Olive at CSU earlier this year.” The 7th Royal Canberra Extra Virgin Olive Oil Show was conducted under the auspices of the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society to showcase the quality product now being produced by the Australian olive oil industry. Read more about the two olive groves at CSU’s Wagga Wagga Campus here.