From California to the Mediterranean, abandoned groves are being restored to life in order to save shrinking towns and ...

The village of Taxiarchis in Halkidiki lit Greece’s first Christmas tree, celebrating its key role in fir cultivation.

But while olive oil is widely touted for its health benefits not all bottles are created equal, according to experts. Much like wine, the best bottles come down to the quality of the land, the ...

As guardian of the occupied West Bank's oldest olive tree, Salah Abu Ali prunes its branches and gathers its fruit even as violence plagues the Palestinian territory during this year's harvest.Yet so ...

As Greece moves to tax citizens with more than 20 olive trees, questions arise about fairness, sustainability, and cultural heritage. Will this policy protect the economy—or push small farmers to ...

After the dove finally found a place to rest and even discovered an olive tree from which she plucked a leaf, she felt compelled to return to her benefactor, Noah, and convey a message: For a year I ...

Harvesting olives to make olive oil is an ancient Italian ritual that's increasingly under threat. Now, some believe it might just be the next frontier of Italian tourism. Rubber boots squelching in ...

An ancient Greek skyphos wine cup, deocrated in the red fiugre style, dated c. 440 BC. Credit: Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Archaeologists have uncovered an olive oil and wine workshop in the ...