When Life Gives You Olives…

Although this post has very little to do with olive oil, it does concern farmers and food. As I sat on a plane to Hong Kong, I came across a few articles in the Wall Street Journal that really got me thinking.  One article was the story of a man who is talking his neighbors [...]

We think that we have wrapped up most of our harvest. The 2009 picking was a small one… The weather in springtime is simply not cooperating. Just as the olive flowers were opening in May, we got a nasty storm that rolled through with lots of rain and wind. That is a recipe for disaster [...]

Yep. It’s happening. We just finished the framing and drywall tonight. We’ll paint in a few days (just before our annual harvest party), then start to trick out the room. If all goes as planned, we’ll have a beautiful tasting room at the farm by Valentine’s Day. That would be just in time for the [...]