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by C. Jerome Crow, While prices are good, the outlook for this year’s olive crop is less than ideal, according to the Olive Growers Council of California. While this year’s olive prices may be reasonably good, that doesn’t mean it will be a good year if there isn’t enough fruit to cover the cost, said […]

Salads can make great eating most of the year, but they have a special place on summertime menus. It’s easy enough to throw into a salad whatever’s at hand, but it’s also fun to try specific combinations of ingredients for a change of pace. Olives in various forms give salads a flavor lift, antipasto-style. Here […]

by Kathy Coatney, Olive set is light this year Bloom time weather is blamed The full impact of the February freeze on California’s 2006 olive crop wasn’t revealed until early June, after the bloom. Now olive growers realize that the damage was extensive-to both trees and bloom. “I think that we can reasonably say that […]

California Olive Growers, former producers of Oberti Olives, have ceased operation and closed their Madera, CA facility. All equipment from the factory will be sold at a public auction starting on Tuesday, October 10th. The humble beginnings of Oberti Olives began in the 1930’s on a family-run farm, where Oberti began producing olive oil. The […]

Santa Barbara growers face lean harvest By Franck Nelson, Santa Barbara News Press Olive growers in Santa Barbara County are bracing for what is expected to be their leanest harvest in 25 years. The culprit is the weather, but not the recent hot spell; the high temperatures that troubled many crops were easily handled by […]