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The agriturismo La Rogaia in Umbria offers a new kind of active holidays. Guests can come for the olive harvest in autumn and pick olives for their own olive oil – guaranteed extravergine and organic. They can learn about ancient agricultural traditions and take home extra virgin olive oil from Umbria, which is considered among […]

By Mel White, One of the first things I noticed when I moved into my apartment here in Chula Vista, California-a few miles south of San Diego-was the fine old olive trees growing among the landscaped shrubbery and lawns of the neighborhood. “They’re Mission olives,” an old-time resident of the city told me, “refugees from […]

By Evie Barkin, The difference between green and black olives lies in their ripeness. Green olives are picked while unripe, which makes them denser and more bitter than brown or black olives, which stay on the tree until fully ripened. All olives have to be cured. They cannot be eaten right off the trees. Olive […]

A boat that plied the coast of the Holy Land 1,300 years ago carrying fish, carobs and olives is helping researchers better understand a little-known period in the region’s history. Click here to continue

By Peter Fimrite, It was thumbs up for wind in Marin on Tuesday, when county supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to build a windmill to power an olive ranch owned by a former newspaperwoman. The decision came after 3 1/2 years of stormy debate, but Nan Tucker McEvoy, the former chair of the board of […]