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By John Becker ’02 “Anche le olive verde?” I ask, the words awkward in my American mouth. The answer comes in the easy cadence of Tuscan Italian: yes, we also pick the green olives. This much I understand, the rest I need to look up later. But for now I turn my attention back to […]

Olives Worldwide, there are approximately 10 million hectares where olive trees are grown. There are around 900 million trees, of which 98% are found in the countries of the Mediterranean, 90 million of which are in Turkey. In the harvest season of 2000-2001, the 80 million trees found in the Aegean region are expected to […]

The First Anatolive Eurasian Olive, Olive Oil & Processes Fair & Congress will be held at Istanbul Expo Center on January 25th. The fair is organized by Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, Turkish Exporters` Assembly (TIM), Aegean Olive & Olive Oil Exporters` Association (EZZIB), and Zeytindostu (Olive Friend) Association. Besides the conference on Turkish olive and […]

Italian chef Enrico Sartor shares some pointers on choosing the right label for your table With all the health benefits it is supposed to have, olive oil is being pursued like never before. Food connoisseurs are even going as far as buying the oil at its source or with the PDO (protected designation of origin) […]

By Ben Brown, Mendocino County’s burgeoning olive industry will be the hardest hit by last weekend’s cold snap, said Mendocino County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Bengston. “It’s been a long time since we had temperatures this low,” Bengston said. Unlike grapes and pears, which are dormant this time of year, olive trees are evergreen and more […]