olive farming
Mediterranean tree agriculture
Olive farming is the cultivation of olive trees for their fruit, which is pressed for oil or cured for eating.
The practice is ancient around the Mediterranean, where climate and soil suit the trees.
Olive farming requires patience—trees take years to mature but can produce for centuries.
Her family has been in olive farming for five generations.
- groveSmall stand of trees
- harvestGathering mature crops
- hand pickedPersonally selected with care
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- pressApply force downward
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- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, milking, tilling
- Mediterranean economycitrus, grapes, viticulture, seafood, tuna fishing
- agriculturecrops, crop yields, cattle ranching, livestock feed, dairy
- fruit growingfruit trees, harvesting, pruning, grafting, fruit picking
- Kabylia
olive farmingviticulture
Grape-growing science
wheat farming · rice cultivation · cattle ranching · dairy farming · cotton farming
olive farmingurban development
Growth of metropolitan areas
wilderness preservation · mining · industrialization · suburban sprawl · commercial construction
olive farminghunting and gathering
Nomadic food acquisition method
aquaculture · fish farming · foraging · wild harvesting · deep-sea fishing
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