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Almost 40% of American Dietetic Association members surveyed say their confidence in the food supply has decreased over the past twelve months, according to a survey conducted by the California Olive Industry. The registered dieticians and nutritionists also indicated a strong preference for American food, with 66% saying that when presented with a choice, they […]

Caltech is proud to announce the First Annual Olive Harvest Festival, an all-day event to be held November 2, 2007. The Festival will bring together the Caltech community as a team to harvest olives from the 130 olive trees growing on our campus in preparation for processing, pressing, and bottling our very own olive oil. […]

Last year saw very small crop Nearly half of this year’s harvest is picked It’s a tale of “famine to feast” in California olive groves. After an extremely small crop last season, Central Valley olive growers have seen production rebound sharply this fall. The larger overall crop means that individual olives have been smaller in […]

About 2,000 visitors gathered behind the Old Mission San Jose Museum amid a backdrop of historic trees on Saturday, for Mission San Jose’s sixth annual Olive Festival. Although the crowd this year was smaller than previous festivals, co-organizer Bob Tavares said the day went very well. “As always the vendors were very popular, and the […]

Mission San Jose Chamber of Commerce’s Olive Festival will return for its sixth annual run today (Oct. 6). The event, always on the first Saturday of October, will take place behind the historic Old Mission San Jose Museum starting at 10 a.m. In addition to food and crafts where olives are the featured ingredient, there […]