Archive for the 'North America' Category

17 Dec

USAID-Workshop for 40 Yemenis held to improve olive production, harvest

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) organized during the period from 15th to 17th for 40 trainees from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and different governorates on means of improving olive production and harvest. The workshop also aimed at enlighten participants on the theoretical and practical aspects of olive production and maintenance of […]

04 Dec

Caroliva EVOO – the commercials

3 videos filmed in Malibu, CA for Grupo PROACEC.

04 Dec

Blessing launches Olive Festival

The Olive Festival kicked off on Saturday, when Rev. Michael Kelly gave the official Blessing of the Olives at the historic Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma. The festival, which stretches over three months, is full of workshops, dinners and parties inspired by the salty snack. For more information, visit www.olivefestival.com [Source] Click here

29 Nov

Happy 40th Anniversary, Olive Pit!

The Olive Pit, 2156 Solano St., is celebrating 40 years in business. The Chamber congratulates them for a successful business that puts Corning on the map by attracting tourists. It also employs many. Pete and Ann Craig had been olive growers since the early 1950s (and picked olives in the late 1940s and 1950s). Pete […]

15 Nov

Ojai home tour includes Italianate villa with orchard

By Lisa McKinnon, In many parts of the country, a holiday home tour would be just that: a tour of homes. Ticketholders would march past gardens barren of leaves and flowers, or just plain covered in snow, in order to get to the main, preferably heated, attraction. Not so in California and, in particular, Ojai. […]