Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Organic farming aims to produce while respecting the environment to the highest degree, without using synthetic products. In the specific case of olive orchards, in comparison with conventional farming there...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The Repilo (Fusicladium oleagineum) or olive leaf spot is the main fungal disease found in the olive grove. The annual costs for controlling it are quite high, at least in areas of medium to high relative...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The consequences of weeds and wood in the production of the olive tree can be explained in the following way: in spring, our parcel of land is able to produce a certain quantity of plant biomass.

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. It is common knowledge that quality in virgin olive oil starts in the field. The theories that say a good oil is created in the mill, or that the most important thing is the yield are long gone. Focusing on...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. For almost their entire life cycle, annual plants take in nutrients from the soil through their roots. These nutrients are needed in the above-ground area for plant growth. Then, during the last moments of...

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Already in the Paleolithic era in the Mediterranean basin, the fruit of wild olive trees was collected and the oil was extracted using rudimentary means. The olives were very small and had little oil content.