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La Madre Terra, an Italian coop­er­a­tive known for its exten­sive olive groves, has been awarded a Gold Award at the NYIOOC World Olive Oil Competition. The coop­er­a­tive’s Madreterra Organic Cerasuola was rec­og­nized for its qual­ity, extracted from olives cul­ti­vated in the Sciacca region.

Founded in 1944 by Accursio Miraglia, La Madre Terra has grown to include around 300 mem­bers and man­ages approx­i­mately 1,200 hectares of olive trees. The coop­er­a­tive oper­ates in the Sciacca area, part of the Val di Mazara PDO, where native olive vari­eties such as Cerasuola, Biancolilla, and Nocellara have been cul­ti­vated for cen­turies.

The award-win­ning Madreterra Organic Cerasuola is pro­duced from olives grown at alti­tudes between 50 and 600 meters above sea level, ben­e­fit­ing from the region’s favor­able pedo­cli­matic con­di­tions. This recog­ni­tion at the World Olive Oil Competition under­scores the coop­er­a­tive’s com­mit­ment to main­tain­ing high stan­dards in olive oil pro­duc­tion.

The NYIOOC is a pres­ti­gious event in the olive oil indus­try, attract­ing entries from pro­duc­ers world­wide. La Madre Terra’s achieve­ment high­lights the qual­ity of olive oil pro­duced in Italy and the ded­i­ca­tion of its farm­ers to pre­serv­ing tra­di­tional cul­ti­va­tion meth­ods.

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