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Northern Yuba County is nothing like Greece, but the Mediterranean-like climate and rocky soils in the foothills are considered ideal for growing olives. By Laura Brown, “We’re on a very similar latitude as Athens,” said Steve McCulley, one of four partners who operates the company, Apollo Olive Oil, in the remote community of Oregon House. […]

A San Luis Obispo County farm advisor says olive acreage has been growing, mainly among small-scale farmers who sell handcrafted oil. One couple moved their entire, 96-year-old olive orchard more than 300 miles from the Sacramento Valley, to re-establish it near Creston. [Source] Click here

By Christine Delsol, “Which one is the best?” the man asks, tiny plastic cup in hand, as he ponders six tall bottles on the tasting bar in Sonoma. “They’re all the best you can get,” the host says. It depends on whether you’re looking for fruity or peppery, delicate or pungent overtones. But no oak […]

By Holly Hayes For generations, many gardeners in California were accustomed to growing olives for oil or table fruit. Then came the invasion of the olive fruit fly, which was first discovered in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and quickly spread throughout the state’s olive-growing regions. Commercial growers fairly quickly had tools to control […]

CNBC TV Highlights $500 Million U.S. Market “The New Oil Boom,” (olive oil, that is) is featured on last Friday’s CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street, Another Type of Oil with Jane Wells.” In her piece, Ms. Wells covered “a new oil boom, and a new oil war,” referring to doubled U.S. production and the push […]