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Fresno State Orchards Estate Reserve Olive Oil has won its second consecutive medal and will be showcased at the Beyond Extra Virgin: Italo-Californian Olive Oil Conference on May 22-23 in Davis. The 2006 harvest olive oil produced by students at California State University, Fresno won a bronze medal at the Yolo County Fair competition judged […]

By Larry Gordon, Take 130 trees dropping olives on campus walkways. Add in students seeking prankish respite from their studies. Mix in a French-born university president with a taste for Mediterranean cuisine. That’s the formula for making olive oil at Caltech. The institution better known for rocket science is launching its own brand of the […]

Written by Tim Daly, If you haven’t heard of the Corto Olive company yet, you will fairly soon. Corto Olive is located near Stockton and the company is hoping to make a very big splash in the olive oil industry. Corto is planting thousands of trees near Lodi and Stockton and hoping to produce about […]

Alan Greene, vice president of sales and marketing for California Olive Ranch in Oroville, has been elected Board President for the widely respected California Olive Oil Council. “The COOC welcomes the leadership and vision Alan brings to the COOC and the entire industry. As dramatic growth continues, the board, with Alan at the helm is […]

by Kathleen Jay, Located west of Petaluma in Marin County, McEvoy Ranch offers guided tours of its 550-acre property, which includes more than 18,000 olive trees. Heat, air and light. These are the three big no-nos when it comes to extra-virgin olive oil. On a recent tour of three Bay Area olive oil makers — […]