Passing beneath banners that proclaim the Andalusian region the “olive oil capital of the world,” the African men each carry a plastic bag containing their belongings and a sheet of cardboard to serve ...

QUESADA, Spain -- An extremely hot, dry summer that shrank reservoirs and sparked forest fires is now threatening the heartiest of Spain's staple crops: the olives that make the European country the ...

Extreme heat, wildfires and drought have decimated much of the world’s olive harvest yet again, driving prices for olive oil to a record high of $9,000 per metric ton. Most home cooks aren’t buying ...

Many Andalusian farmers fear a repeat of last year's disastrous olive harvest - Copyright AFP Patrick T. FALLON Many Andalusian farmers fear a repeat of last year's ...

MADRID, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A second consecutive year of drought in southern Spain will keep the country's olive oil production below average in 2023/24, meaning the European Union faces another year of ...

Back in September, The Grist’s Max Graham penned the story “Climate change is coming for your olive oil, too,” which looked into why olive oil prices soared to a record high this past summer. He cited ...

Almost every kitchen in America will pay the price for the intense heat and drought in Europe this past summer. Olive harvests in key countries fell so short that one trade publication questions if ...

MADRID (Reuters) - "An olive tree is like a camel, you don't have to give it much water, but when it's thirsty, it really has to drink," says olive oil producer Francisco Nuñez de Prado of the drought ...

Spain’s harvest of virgin olive oil is set to reach around 1.4 million tonnes for the 2003/04 season, according to the country’s agriculture ministry. If that target is achieved, it will be almost ...

Right from the first day of the conflict several dozen farmers and employers from Bujalance discussed the different aspects of the strike online. They complained about the red tape of the Socialist ...