After two years of drought, disease, and soaring prices, the olive oil sector is bouncing back with a strong 2024/25 harvest.

"All you need to do to see if an olive tree needs water is to simply check the soil. Stick your finger about 2-3 inches into the soil, and if it's dry, it is time to water your olive tree.

Since we routinely have five months without rain during our summer dry season, Tehachapi gardeners often seek plants that can ...

Men wearing orange vests march in an olive-growers protest in Rome, Feb. 14, 2018, to demand urgent measures in favor of olive oil producers impacted by hard frosts and Xylella, an olive tree disease.

The tree killer is a bacterium called xylella fastidiosa. It has killed millions of olive trees in Italy and is now threatening Spain and Greece. These countries produce 95% of Europe's olive oil.