The olive tree's leaves have been folk medicine for centuries. Here's what olive leaf extract actually is, what the evidence does and…
Olive oil has been a beauty staple since antiquity, and it earns most of its reputation — with two honest caveats the…
Pakistan is trying to turn barren, marginal land into olive country to cut its huge edible-oil import bill. Why the climate fits,…
The bird’s eye view from the century-old-plus Beach Line Citrus farm in Niland in California’s Imperial County is a commanding vision of…
For Palestinian farming communities the olive tree is livelihood, food and heritage in one — which is why the loss of a…
Illegal crops have a long habit of hiding among olive trees. The open, low-tended, widely spaced olive grove is oddly good cover…
Every so often a builder's dig near Jerusalem turns up a stone olive press. Each one is a small proof of the…
Can olive oil really 'boost your immune system'? Here's what that popular claim gets right, what it overstates, and how olive oil…
A single magnum of Australian extra virgin once sold at charity auction for five figures. It says less about what oil is…
Agrodolce — Italian for sweet and sour — turns a bowl of good brined olives into a warm, glossy antipasto with orange,…
An olive grove is a year-round commitment that pays out once, in autumn — which is why the loss of mature trees…
Behind every restaurant's house olive oil sits a vast, invisible bulk trade. Here is how bulk olive oil really works — and…
Australia grows serious, award-winning olive oil in a Mediterranean climate turned upside down — harvesting when Europe rests, and offering the northern…
California's olive oil has quietly grown up, and its producers now win serious competition medals. But what does a gold medal on…
Olive festivals have quietly multiplied across California and beyond. They are more than a day out — they are how a young…
The IOC trade standard is online with tighter limits on alkyl esters, stigmastadienes, myristic acid and waxes from October. What each test…