Olive Oil Production Around the World: Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia, Türkiye and Why Prices Exploded
Agriculture · Around the World Liquid Gold: How the World Grows Its Olive Oil From the endless groves of Andalusia to Greek islands, Italian hills, Tunisian plains and Turkish coasts, the story behind the oil in your kitchen. Right now, from October to January, the olive harvest is in full swing around the Mediterranean. Nets are spread under the trees, branches are shaken, and mills run day and night turning fruit into oil. It's one of the oldest farming traditions on Earth, and it still feeds a global market of more than 3 million tonnes of oil every year. In the last few years, olive oil also became famous for a less happy reason: prices exploded . Many people in Germany and across Europe saw a bottle of extra virgin oil double in price almost overnight. In this guide: where olive oil comes from, who produces the most, why prices went crazy, how the harvest works, the main olive varieties, how to read a label, and whether you can grow an olive tree yourself in Centra...