olive oil

Top Tweets
A man and woman in suits shake hands with flags of the United States, USAID and the Environmental Protection. Agency in the background.
California condor with a numbered wing band soaring against a cloud-streaked sky.
A diverse group of protesters holding signs in support of science stand at a barricade.
A Sámi woman in a fur hat feeds a reindeer from a bucket against a snowy mountain backdrop.
Newsletter
olive oil
pixabay

Why olive oil is so expensive right now

Prices have more than doubled as extreme weather hit crops in Spain, Italy and elsewhere. The upcoming harvest isn’t looking much better, so that drizzle of oil on your salad may remain costly.
Newsletter
spanish olive oil
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay

Spain hit hard by rising price of olive oil as climate change takes its toll on production

Drought and extreme heatwaves have halved Spanish olive oil production. The price at origin has increased by 112 per cent since last year.

Newsletter
Olive oil industry heat threat

Olive oil industry in crisis as Europe’s heatwave threatens another harvest

World’s biggest olive producer, Spain, on course for second bad harvest in a row, raising fears of gaps on shelves and even higher prices.

spanish olive oil climate

Study reveals impacts of climate change on Spanish olive sector

A recent report from the Agriculture and Livestock Organizations found that climate change has resulted in €550 million of losses per annum for the Spanish agricultural sector, equivalent to approximately 6 percent of its total value,

Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy'
www.theguardian.com

Olive oil industry under increasing threat from 'olive leprosy'

One of southern Europe's most important staples, olive oil, is under pressure from a potentially deadly disease that new research shows could infect nearly all of the productive areas of Italy, Greece and Spain.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE