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It’s not always the label on the wine bottle that attracts admiring attention at dinner parties. Sometimes it’s on the one containing green-gold extra-virgin olive oil. In the past 7 years there has been a small revolution in the winelands that has nothing to do with grapes. It gathered momentum when Italy’s Giulio Bertrand bought […]

If good growing weather continues and there’s enough irrigation water, the Central Valley olive crop could be more than six times larger than last year’s. California’s olive crop this year will produce about 112,000 tons, growers estimate. Last year the trees yielded a meager 16,800 tons. However, water is becoming an issue in olive groves […]

Drought has hindered olive production in Balýkesir. Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Sami Sözat requested that olive producers receive drought support, saying that the chamber of agriculture in Balýkesir will apply to the prime minister’s office and ministry of agriculture for the aid. Sözat considered the exclusion of olive producers from drought support unfortunate, since producers […]

By Kerry Coleman, In 1820, a grove of olive trees was planted in Cranebrook by the wife of infamous convict Samuel Terry. Last week, Penrith council chopped down all of the nearly 200-year-old heritage-listed trees. Elderly Cranebrook resident Shirley Tesoriero was very fond of the trees that sat off Soling Crescent, near Boundary Road. “I’d […]

Here is a very complete article by Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, on Olives and Olive Oil which includes history, information on olive varieties, and usage tips. Part 1: The only difference between green olives and black olives is ripeness Long a symbol of peace, the olive branch brings us a marvelous, healthy fruit. Get up to […]