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May. 23, 2022
Entries Open for 6th Ranieri Filo Della Torre Literary Prize
The fifth Ranieri Filo della Torre literary prize ended with high participation and demonstrated the growing interest in olive oil culture.
Sep. 8, 2021
An Art Exhibition Among the Olive Trees in Umbria
An olive grove in Trevi was transformed into the ideal art exhibition venue, hosting installations that reflect on the pandemic and human nature.
Dec. 9, 2020
Greek Painter Dedicates Athens Mural to the History of Olive Oil Production
In his latest work, Stelios Faitakib seeks to show the long and storied history of Greek olive oil production through a uniquely Greek medium.
Mar. 4, 2020
Precision Agriculture Celebrated at Guggenheim
An exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum provides a thought-provoking experience on the ways technology can affect agriculture throughout the world.
Mar. 14, 2017
Filmmaker to Tell Story of Struggling Olive Farmers in Spain in 90s
Filmmaker Matthew Jeffrey wants to tell the story of how Spain's construction boom and bust affected olive farmers.
Nov. 29, 2016
Immortalizing Ancient Olive Trees Through Images
Adoni Dimakos follows the Laconian paths the Medieval geographer Pausanias walked in the 2nd century to capture endangered olive oil trees in images and 'sensitize' local farming populations about their eradication.
Oct. 5, 2016 Fairs, Competitions
Sep. 6, 2016 World
Mar. 23, 2016 World
'El Olivo' Depicts the Bond Between a Spanish Family and Their Olive Tree
Jan. 19, 2015 World
Jan. 8, 2015 World
Feb. 5, 2014
Catalan Craftsman Breathes New Life into Old Olive Tree Wood
“You need to adapt to what’s in front of you.” That’s not Josep Gasol Pujol’s philosophy for life, but for working with olive tree wood.
Oct. 21, 2013
An Open-Air Workshop of Sustainability
Let’s start thinking of an olive grove as a place where it is possible to practice and experience outdoor environmental education.
Apr. 22, 2013
For Van Gogh, Olive Trees 'Too Beautiful to Dare Paint'
Olive trees have provided not just a source of nourishment for the body but a source of inspiration for the soul.
Jan. 31, 2013
My father has been traveling to Italy to spend a week picking Olives in the Tuscan hilltops at an Oliveto run by a childhood friend of his.
Aug. 21, 2012
Eight Painters Who Loved Olive Trees
Olive trees and olive groves have been favorite subjects for some of the greatest artists. Here are seven masters who shared an obvious appreciation of the olive.
Jun. 16, 2012
We can all appreciate the beauties of nature, but it takes an enlightened soul – like artists' ones always are – to capture all the strenght and the poetry that lies in a ladybird, or in an olive tree.
Jan. 25, 2011
Mariella Gualtieri remembers a man hired to help with the harvest. Seeing her small hands shivering he said, “If only olives were the size of oranges, we’d finish sooner.”