I make olive oil. I know every single step of the process inside out, from sapling to mature tree, from the plucking of the fruit to the winding of the press. I also know how much all this labour of love costs. That’s part of my job too – watching every penny and dime we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘olive tree’
100% Extra Virgin?
Posted in Stories from the Olive Grove, tagged 100%, cheap, China, cost, expensive, extra virgin, Jason Gibb, New York Times, Nudo, olive, olive oil, Olive Oil Times, olive tree, quality, Telegraph, UK, USA on January 27, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Five trees of separation
Posted in Stories from the Olive Grove, tagged adopt an olive tree, grove, Italy, le Marche, Nudo, olive oil, olive tree on September 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While we were preparing the autumn packages this year it dawned on us what an amazing network of people around the world are part of the programme. So this year we chose a typical olive grove ‘street’ (one row of trees in the Rosalio grove) and asked the adopters if they’d mind ‘coming out’ to [...]
Olive you
Posted in Stories from the Olive Grove, tagged cathy rogers, Hollywood, Jason Gibb, Ken Robinson, Los Angeles, Nudo, olive oil, olive tree, talk, TED on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jason is a present god*. He has all the requisite skills – ability to keep a secret, understanding of people’s true yearnings, an almost google-like tenacity in search - plus an extra magical je ne sais quoi. I became aware of Jason-as-gifting-deity when we spent our first Valentine’s day together. I’d previously been something of [...]
It’s pruning time
Posted in Stories from the Olive Grove, tagged adopt an olive tree, cathy rogers, cooking, dream, Italy, Nudo, olive tree, perfect day, pruning on May 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The alarm goes at 5.45am. Jason gets wonkily out of bed, opens the shutters, wipes his eyes to check that the thick fog is attached to the world outside and not his eyeballs (it is) and dials Antonio’s number. ‘C’e la nebbia, anche piove un po…’ (there’s thick fog and it’s raining bit). No pruning [...]
Latest Video: Nudo Adopt an olive tree
Posted in Stories from the Olive Grove, tagged adopt an olive tree, cathy rogers, Fiorano, Italy, Nudo, olive oil, olive tree on December 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
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