Posts Tagged: mechanical harvest

Keeping olives on the table

Table olives have always been a staple on my family’s fall relish tray so I took notice when I heard this discouraging news: Labor costs are killing the table olive industry. Table olive growers spend more than half of their gross returns on the cost of...

Posted on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 8:54 AM

Author: Diane Nelson

Tags: California Olive Committee (1), Louise Ferguson (1), mechanical harvest (2), olives (4), UC Davis Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center (1)

California table olives - An economic dilemma

How do you use California table olives in your family meals? On pizza? In salads? In Mediterranean dishes? As part of your holiday relish trays? Today, California is the only U.S. state to commercially produce olives. Over 95 percent of production is...

Olive trunk shaker

Olive canopy contact harvesting head

Posted on Monday, June 7, 2010 at 7:33 AM

Author: Judy Sams

Tags: cholesterol (1), Economy (1), harvest (4), labor (1), mechanical harvest (2), olives (4)