Showing posts with label Olive Oil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olive Oil. Show all posts

Starting Again in Greece - Return to the village to grow olives

From Deutsche Welle: The unemployment rate in Greece is nearly 30 percent. But more and more Greeks are defying the crisis. They're taking their fate into their own hands by going into business for themselves. 33-year-old Apostolos Papadopoulos has moved from the city back to the countryside. Now he grows olives and grapes in Podochori, his native village in northern Greece.

California Olive Ranch: top U.S. producer of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)

The California Olive Ranch is one of the top award-winning U.S. producers of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) according to a recent NYTimes article:

“California Olive Ranch oil held its own against top-flight Italian oils, showing a promising balance of golden, buttery smoothness and peppery acidity.” Oct 2011

Here are some videos from The California Olive Ranch YouTube channel:



Watch Olive Oil being made at The Olive Press in Sonoma: http://youtu.be/IalTzb6z-YY

Related reading:

Pantry-to-Party Olives - WSJ http://goo.gl/x4IOs
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