Poor soil, fierce heat, little water — the very conditions that defeat most crops are what the olive quietly prefers. That is…
In 2009, a stubborn Texan was planting olive orchards in the Hill Country while everyone said it couldn't be done. The olive,…
Texas grows olives, presses good oil, and keeps losing entire harvests to weather. The state is a useful lesson in what it…
Texas growers discovered something counter-intuitive: their winters were not too cold for olives, they were too warm. Then a single freeze wiped…
Texas grew from four orchards to America's second olive state in under thirty years, then lost its harvest to a single February.…