Olive Oil Adventure

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 into [...]

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 release [...]

It’s here…
The latest release (and first of this harvest season) is now available. Beth just returned from a Marin farmer’s market and sold nearly every bottle that she had! If you’ve tried Verde, you know why people are crazy for it. I mean, it’s the SOLE reason that I wanted to become an olive oil [...]

On the 15th and 16th of November, we completed our Arbequina harvest in Sutter county. These tiny olives pack an awesome and very unique flavor. To make them even better, they’re quite easy to harvest! The branches tend to hang down, so you just wrap your fingers around the branch (loosely) and pull towards your [...]

On Saturday and Sunday, we took a small crew to Sutter county to harvest the tiny and ultra-flavorful Arbequina olives. We pulled more than 1100 pounds of fruit off of the trees while the sun shone brightly. The weather was per-fect and allowed for us to harvest in our t-shirts! It’s a rare occasion when [...]

On Saturday, November 8, our harvest season will officially begin. We’ll be harvesting Arbequina olives from orchards in Sutter county. These tiny olives are about 3/8″ in diameter (tiny) but pack a flavor that is unlike any other. Just awesome.
I usually look forward to this time of the year, but not so much this [...]

After much gnashing of teeth, our latest issue of the Sylverleaf Press is now available. If you’re a regular customer, you’ll see a copy in the mail or in your e-mail Inbox. If you’re not on the list, what are you waiting for?! You can grab a copy from our website too.

Enjoy!