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There’s a growing market for California olive oil. Production in the state increased 168 percent between 1996 and 2004, and continues apace. California growers produce about 425,000 gallons and are on track for 750,000 gallons annually in three or four years, overtaking the French. U.S. consumers purchase 65 million gallons of olive oil annually, almost […]

It began like any other tasting in the Wine Country. First I swirled, circling my tiny glass on the counter so the precious golden nectar would coat the sides. Next I sniffed, inhaling until scents of earth and citrus wafted to my nose. Finally, I sipped the elixir, swished it around in my mouth and […]

By C. Jerome Crow, CORNING – Once again the Olive City pulled out all the stops to celebrate its queen crop. Friday, the 17th Annual Olive Festival kicked off with a parade and was then followed by the Corning Does it Bedder bed races. Taking top honors in the men’s category was the team.

By Andreae Down, You know what to do when life gives you lemons. But what if it’s barrels of olives instead — and capers and roasted red peppers? More precisely, what do you do with the barrels? If you’re George Gebelein, you go into the rain barrel business. Not that he ever intended it that […]

California farmers are making a big push, planting tens of thousands of trees By George Raine, It was Julio Cesar’s first day planting trees in the olive orchard in the Sacramento Valley and he already had it down to a science: Dig a hole half a shovel deep, place the root ball attached to a […]