The 2008 California olive crop forecast is 65,000 tons, down 49 percent from last year’s crop of 132,500 tons, according to a…
The line between “extra virgin” and the lesser grades is drawn by a single number you’ll almost never see: free acidity. Here…
By Cecilia Parsons, This year’s “off year” table olive crop looks to be thin and scattered statewide. Olive growers and processors met…
Olive oil has soothed Mediterranean skin for millennia, and the cosmetics industry quietly leans on it still — especially one ingredient pulled…
By Julie R. Johnson, The Sevillano olive crop in California is doing poorly this year with little fruit on the tree, As…