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Gold Ridge Organic Farms, located in West Sonoma County, California, has been rec­og­nized at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition for its organic olive oils. The farm, estab­lished by Brooke Hazen, is sit­u­ated 80 kilo­me­ters north of San Francisco in the rolling hills of Sebastopol. This loca­tion pro­vides opti­mal grow­ing con­di­tions for 30 hectares of olives, ben­e­fit­ing from coastal breezes and fer­tile soils.

At the com­pe­ti­tion, Gold Ridge Organic Farms received acco­lades for sev­eral of its olive oil blends. The Arbequina Blend, noted for being grown and milled on the farm, was awarded a Gold Award. Similarly, the Picholine Blend and Tuscan Blend, both organic and cul­ti­vated on the farm, also received Gold Awards. Additionally, the Minerva Blend, another organic prod­uct from the farm, was hon­ored with a Silver Award.

The far­m’s com­mit­ment to organic farm­ing is evi­dent in its pro­duc­tion process, where estate-grown olives are trans­formed into olive oils within hours of har­vest using an Italian Rapanelli press. This method is designed to pre­serve the fresh fla­vors and antiox­i­dants of the olives.

Gold Ridge Organic Farms’ achieve­ments at the World Olive Oil Competition high­light the qual­ity and ded­i­ca­tion involved in their olive oil pro­duc­tion.

The win­ning brands are pre­sented in the Official Guide and the Olive Oil Times World Ranking.