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By Marlene Parrish, Just in at Pennsylvania Macaroni in the Strip District: Three extra-virgin olive oils from California’s Suisun Valley. All the olives were grown using sustainable or organic practices and were picked just four months ago. Unfiltered, rich and fruity with a pungent finish, the oils are excellent for dipping and drizzling.

By Dave Marquis, It began as a way to get discarded olives from 2,000 trees off the U.C. Davis bike trails, where they were causing scores of accidents. But it’s wound up putting the university on the map as the maker of some top-ranked olive oils. “We’ve got fewer legal costs. We’re not spraying the [...]

By Pam Peirce, Q: I live in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. Would olive trees survive the wind up here? Can they be containerized? A: Olive trees can tolerate considerable wind, and you can see some growing in Holly Park on Bernal Hill. What olives don’t like much is a cold summer, and [...]

by Rori Trovato, Photo by Luca Trovato, A California-Style Harvest Celebration The captivating aromas of lavender and eucalyptus and the musky perfume of just-picked olives would lead one to believe she was in the south of France, or on a hillside in Tuscany. But this is Santa Barbara, California, a region known for producing some [...]

The new release of Fresno State’s award-winning yet improved 2006 Estate Reserve Olive Oil will be presented during a special tasting Wednesday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fresno State Farm Market, located at the southeast corner of Chestnut and Barstow avenues. Orchard Manager Gino Favagrossa will conduct the tasting of [...]

Come and listen to a presentation by Don Landis about the history of the Olive, the history of the Olive in California and a thorough demonstration of the “Greek style” no lye method of curing Olives. Followed by tasting Don’s Olives. Cornerstone’s cafe, The Blue Tree Cafe will offer a Olive themed lunch paired with [...]

The north state is home to a number of olive oil growers and producers. A variety of olives flourish here because of the area’s Mediterranean-like climate. Not all businesses bottle under their own name, and they may sell their harvest to other producers or may only sell by wholesale. Visitors, especially on the weekends, may [...]

There’s a growing market for California olive oil. Production in the state increased 168 percent between 1996 and 2004, and continues apace. California growers produce about 425,000 gallons and are on track for 750,000 gallons annually in three or four years, overtaking the French. U.S. consumers purchase 65 million gallons of olive oil annually, almost [...]

California Olive Growers, former producers of Oberti Olives, have ceased operation and closed their Madera, CA facility. All equipment from the factory will be sold at a public auction starting on Tuesday, October 10th. The humble beginnings of Oberti Olives began in the 1930′s on a family-run farm, where Oberti began producing olive oil. The [...]

By Bill Krueger, There appears to be a geographical gradient from north to south with the problem being more severe in the north and getting somewhat less toward the south. Generally speaking, olive yields in the Sacramento Valley were lighter last year than the year before. This is in contrast to the San Joaquin Valley, [...]