Source: Food and Farm News
November 04, 2007
By depending primarily on local markets, Central Coast farmers have slowly expanded production of olives and olive oil. A San Luis Obispo County farm advisor says olive acreage has been growing, mainly among small-scale farmers who sell handcrafted oil. One couple moved their entire, 96-year-old olive orchard more than 300 miles from the Sacramento Valley, to re-establish it near Creston.
November 04, 2007
By depending primarily on local markets, Central Coast farmers have slowly expanded production of olives and olive oil. A San Luis Obispo County farm advisor says olive acreage has been growing, mainly among small-scale farmers who sell handcrafted oil. One couple moved their entire, 96-year-old olive orchard more than 300 miles from the Sacramento Valley, to re-establish it near Creston.