We work closely with all our friends and olive oil producers across the Mediterranean region and we have been contacted by Marta from Olio Merico near Salento about the awful disease that is wiping our thousands of ancient olive trees in that region. We will be working with them to bring to the attention of the public the terrible problems that olive oil producers are having in that region with the decimation of these century old indigenous trees and the affect on the familie

Since our last Blog post about the Mediterranean olive oil academy at the beginning of February we have been in contact with several producers and updated them on the Academy project and we are pleased to now have more news about how the project is progressing. Last week we were in both Malta and Sicily meeting interested parties and also viewing venues in Valletta the capital of Malta which might be suitable for both an office, tasting rooms and a space for talks and lecture