Source: Food and Farm News
October 16, 2007
It’s a tale of “famine to feast” in California olive groves. After an extremely small crop last season, farmers have seen production rebound sharply this fall. The larger overall crop means that individual olives have been smaller in some groves. Other farmers pruned their trees earlier in the season to assure they’d have larger-sized olives to sell. The Olive Growers Council estimates that about 40 percent of the crop has been harvested so far.
October 16, 2007
It’s a tale of “famine to feast” in California olive groves. After an extremely small crop last season, farmers have seen production rebound sharply this fall. The larger overall crop means that individual olives have been smaller in some groves. Other farmers pruned their trees earlier in the season to assure they’d have larger-sized olives to sell. The Olive Growers Council estimates that about 40 percent of the crop has been harvested so far.