The olive lace bug is a small native Australian insect that can strip a grove of its crop — a reminder that…
When a big olive company looks at planting abroad, it is not chasing sunshine. It is chasing water it can afford —…
Australia's small olive growers do not survive by selling oil cheaply. They survive by selling everything else too — and by knowing…
Whole groves stripped overnight, not an olive left on the ground. Grove theft sounds like a curiosity until you look at the…
Olive harvests swing violently from one year to the next, and it is not bad luck. Alternate bearing, winter chill and pruning…