Students at the California Institute of Technology campus were able to forget rocket science for a day and harvest olives instead.
Many olive growers are somewhere between disbelief and denial. In an old Tuscan grove, the proprietor assured me her trees were fine. A quick look suggested otherwise; most of her olives were pierced by telltale holes.
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Marco Smouha performed the ancient autumnal rite of olive-curing last week here at his son's home, far from the nearest olive groves, but close to the traditions of his ancestors.
Paul Hawkins interviews Frank Rynne on the worlds oldest rock`n`roll band: The Master Musicians of Joujouka, the village of Joujouka and his times spent managing, recording and filming and visiting them over the past 15 years.
Not much has changed in the cultivation of olives in the past few thousand years. Olive trees are hardy and can withstand craggy conditions, little water, and lots of wind and sun. They're fairly low maintenance, usually needing pruning once a year at harvest time.
This is an account of a week long visit made to Palestine (East Jerusalem and the West Bank) in November 2006. [...]
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HIGHLY organised criminal gangs have stolen hundreds of thousands of litres of Spanish olive oil, as prices for the "green gold" have reached record levels. In a series of raids on olive oil factories in Andalusia, at least 300,000 litres of one of Spain's most valuable products