Sunday 1 April 2012

Simple pleasures nr. 20: Andalucian olives



Spain is the world´s largest producer of olives - and Andalucia is the home of the best olives. It´s just that simple.

The first Andalucian olive trees were planted already 6000 years ago. Today there are 150 million olive trees, which are used for the production of about one billion litres of the green gold of Andalucia.

Olive trees dominate large parts of  the Andalucian landscape

Jaen is the olive capital of Andalucia

There are about 200 varieties of olives in Spain. 

The considerable health benefits of olive oil are well documented. So, there is every reason for consumers all over the world to increase the use of olives - preferably from Andalucia!

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