Notes from the Olive Harvest

Year 2 with New Tools and New Learning

The Sunsets at the Finca © TDWolsey

By Thomas DeVere Wolsey

This year, the effects of climate change are making olive oil a truly precious commodity as high temperatures and lack of rainfall have reduced the size of the harvest in regions around the world and simultaneously made the harvest more difficult. High temperatures mean milling cannot proceed normally and some growers are now…