The New Green Gold

Poor harvests due to increasingly warm temperatures, issues of water storage, and plant disease are driving up the market value of olive oil. Long-term answers to the healthy product’s reduced production in Italy and other Mediterranean countries lie in structural policies encompassing climate action.

Poor harvests due to increasingly warm temperatures, issues of water storage, and plant disease are driving up the market value of olive oil. Long-term answers to the healthy product’s reduced production in Italy and other Mediterranean countries lie in structural policies encompassing climate action.