Sunol Olive Growers

JOIN THE SUNOL COMMUNITY
OLIVE HARVESTING COOPERATIVE!

LEARN ABOUT AND BE PART OF PROTECTING AND HARVESTING SUNOL’S 3,000 CENTURY-OLD OLIVE TREES

MEETINGS: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011
and
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011
5:30 P.M. AT THE SUNOL JAZZ CAFÉ

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AN OLIVE GROWER TO JOIN – IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN HARVESTING AND MILLING WEEKENDS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF 2011, YOU ARE WELCOME!

Hillcrest Ranch owner Kathleen Elliott invites Sunol Olive Growers and friends to put Sunol’s 3,000 magnificent, century-old olive trees on the map as a picturesque and educational mecca of olives. Kathleen has enlisted the help of the Alameda Department of Agriculture, the University of California Cooperative Extension, and the Pleasanton Ridge East Bay Regional Park to help fulfill this mission. Proposed activities include classes at the historic Hillcrest Ranch, a stunningly beautiful island of land high atop Pleasant Ridge East Bay Regional Park in Sunol, as well as on-going education on such topics as:

  • Harvesting and Milling
  • Olive Oil Soap Making
  • Orchard Management
  • Olive Brining
  • Olive Tree Pruning and Fertilizing
  • Squirrel Control with Barn Owls
  • Olive Fruit Fly Control with Organic Methods
  • Grants Available for Production
  • Organic Certification

PLEASE COME AND BE PART OF
THE BOUNTIFUL POSSIBILITIES OF
COMMUNITY OLIVE RANCHING!

 

GREAT FOR THE EARTH AND SUNOL,
AND FOR ALL OLIVE AND OLIVE OIL LOVERS!

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