As the demand for healthier food alternative grows, a top Spanish grower is bringing ‘green gold’ rush to the state By Jenalia Moreno, VILLA DEL RIO, SPAIN — Texas is the new frontier for olive oil, the world’s “green gold.” The state already has a small olive oil industry, but now that Spanish food giant [...]
By Glenn Wallace, Father Michael Mahoney, pastor of Mission Santa Inès, speaks at a Wednesday morning press conference. “Where I stand is what I think is the most hallowed view in this valley,” he said in discussing the mission’s plans to plant a grove of olive trees in the lower field behind him. The new [...]
It has been a bumper year for Hunter’s olive industry, which is expected to produce a record crop. The Upper and Lower Hunter now has more than 200,000 olive trees producing table fruit and oil. This year’s harvest will finish next week and vice-president of the Hunter Olive Association, Mike Wilson, says yields are likely [...]
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