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Northern Yuba County is nothing like Greece, but the Mediterranean-like climate and rocky soils in the foothills are considered ideal for growing olives. By Laura Brown, “We’re on a very similar latitude as Athens,” said Steve McCulley, one of four partners who operates the company, Apollo Olive Oil, in the remote community of Oregon House. […]

Federal government has planned to enhance olive oil production and processing areas in 12 district of Balochistan to bring 6000 acres of land for the cultivation of olive orchard. According to the ministry of food and agriculture sources during the five years, 675000 plants in these districts which are considered as low delta crop for […]

An initiative which works to regenerate contaminated mining land by planting olive groves could spread to disused mine sites around the world. Broken Hill’s Gourmet Products cooperative, in far western New South Wales, is currently calling for investors and has lodged a patent on the regenerating properties of the olive groves which until now has […]

An Iranian agriculture official has announced that an extra 10,000 acres have been added to Iran’s olive groves over the past 13 years. “The total area that the country’s olive groves cover has grown from 3,000 acres in 1995 to over 13,000 acres,” said Jahangir Arab. “The number olive processing factories has also increased from […]

By Holly Hayes For generations, many gardeners in California were accustomed to growing olives for oil or table fruit. Then came the invasion of the olive fruit fly, which was first discovered in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and quickly spread throughout the state’s olive-growing regions. Commercial growers fairly quickly had tools to control […]