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In response to growing demand for organic olive oil and an increasingly competitive market, University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisors and researchers have produced an organic olive production manual. “Organic olive oil production could be a significant niche in California’s agriculture industry,” says Paul Vossen, UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor in Sonoma and Marin […]

By Katy Budge, Lee Alegre and Adriana Marquez work together in Templeton to market Alegre Olive Oil Company products and Adriana’s Gourmet Olive Tapenade. Thanks to his vineyard management business, most people probably associate Lee Alegre with grapes, but lately he’s teamed up with close family friends Art and Norma Ornelas and business partner Adriana […]

By: Maia Bradley, Bike accidents are the pits – olive pits, that is, from the more than 1,500 olive trees growing around the UC Davis campus. Strewn and smashed all over the university’s bike lanes in past years, the oily fruit posed a problem to cyclists and grounds keepers. With some creativity, though, that problem […]

By Deidre Woollard, Perhaps you’ve given up on the California winery dream, too labor intensive, too confusing and the market is crowded with small winemakers. How about the olive company dream? Today’s estate in Goleta, California offers you the chance to become the owner of a 101 acre ranch that is home to over 5,000 […]

By Marlene Parrish, Just in at Pennsylvania Macaroni in the Strip District: Three extra-virgin olive oils from California’s Suisun Valley. All the olives were grown using sustainable or organic practices and were picked just four months ago. Unfiltered, rich and fruity with a pungent finish, the oils are excellent for dipping and drizzling.