 Sunol Olive Growers Kathleen Elliott and Hillcrest Ranch Sunol LLC is producing organic certified (CCOF & COOC) olive oil, soap and brined olives with 130 year-old olive trees on Pleasanton Ridge. We are surrounded by approximately 2,000 marvelous old trees in Pleasanton Ridge East Bay Regional Park and probably another 1,000 trees in Sunol. The tall trees in Hillcrest Ranch Sunol were pruned lower to ease the harvest and to bring in sunlight and promote new growth. In addition the tree trunks were sprayed with Spinosad from May to November, certified for Organic Orchards, to reduce the Olive Fruit Fly spoils. We would like to see cooperation amongst Sunolians, USDA NRCS, East Bay Regional Parks, UC Cooperative Extension and The Organic Farming Research Foundation to increase organic sustainable harvests, biological controls, educational and research opportunities in this lovely isolated community of Sunol, CA. Call Kathleen for info at 2509 Read more at Edible East Bay magazine
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