All about Spanish Olive Oil
Spanish Olive Oil, Aceite de oliva in Spanish - Olive oil also know as liquid gold is well known for its health benefits and is a key component of the Mediterranean diet.
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Nice initiative from the town hall of La Vilajoyosa! The town hall is to authorise that residents of the town are free to collect as many olives asNice initiative from the town hall of La Vilajoyosa! The town hall is to authorise that residents of the town are free to collect as many olives as they want from the 532 olive trees that are planted on public land around the town. (Up to September 30th). With the price of olives and the "liquid gold" obtained from them, a welcome idea to get people to have a go to make their own! More ...
With the high prices of extra virgin olive oil continuing into the foreseeable future, anybody with olive trees on their land locally, now has a hugeWith the high prices of extra virgin olive oil continuing into the foreseeable future, anybody with olive trees on their land locally, now has a huge incentive to make their own!
The town of Altea still has a municipal olive press, and people have been flocking to use it to squish their home grown fruit. In the past two months alone.100,000 kilos have passed through the press, producing more than 20,000 litres of oil. The press is open to residents of any of our local towns, and there have been olives arriving from places like Benidorm, La Vila Joiosa, Orxeta, Relleu, La Nucia, Polop, Tárbena and Calpe. The price is the same for everyone, 22 centimos for every kilo of olives that is put into the press.
The town hall is reporting that 150 hectares of land with olive trees have been recuperated in the municipality of Altea alone, the high prices for the liquid gold oil now making the trees a worthwhile proposition. More ...
The town of Altea still has a municipal olive press, and people have been flocking to use it to squish their home grown fruit. In the past two months alone.100,000 kilos have passed through the press, producing more than 20,000 litres of oil. The press is open to residents of any of our local towns, and there have been olives arriving from places like Benidorm, La Vila Joiosa, Orxeta, Relleu, La Nucia, Polop, Tárbena and Calpe. The price is the same for everyone, 22 centimos for every kilo of olives that is put into the press.
The town hall is reporting that 150 hectares of land with olive trees have been recuperated in the municipality of Altea alone, the high prices for the liquid gold oil now making the trees a worthwhile proposition. More ...