Tallahassee Sweetheart, Denise Yon and The Olive Harvest Crew at Don Mueller’s Grove near Marianna – 2015
Florida Olive Council Florida Olive Oil – 2015
Olive Grinding Stones
Drs. Mac Thetford and Wes Wood at UF-IFAS Jay olive observation grove
Old Screw Press
Mueller and Garcia Malaxing Pate’ at Shaw Mill – 2014
Dr. Jackie Burns and Florida Olive Grower Jonathan Carter
Dr. Jennifer Gilett-Kufman, UF-IFAS Professor of Entomology and Florida Olive Disease Researcher
Tom Pospichal, Mosaic Land Manager and FOC President Michael O’Hara Garcia stand next to one year old olive tree at Mosaic olive research test site near Bowling Green, FL
Mechanized Olive Harvest – Australia
John Gose at Lykes Brothers Research Grove near Lake Wales
Richard McGinley with olive test plot near Ocala
John and Beth Barth Florida Olive Growers
Mosaic Corp Test Grove near Bowling Green, FL
Deer Damage to Olive Tree Trunk
Burgetto Grove 2015
Eric Ostmark, UF/IFAS
FOC President Michael O’Hara Garcia at Spain’s Olive Germ Plasm
Dr. Luis Rollo and Sikitita olive variety he developed
Sage Kamiya, Olive Grower near Bradenton, FL
Denise and Mom sort olives
Research Stock at FOC Research Facility near Gainesville
Frantoio Olives – Mueller-Aug15
Denis Animali, Pieralisi Group in front of old mill stones
MOG 20 Ton Olive Decanter
Modern Stone Mill – Italy
Tom Oleson at IFAS Ocala tree
Bruce Golino – Olive Nurseryman – California
Gracy Feiber Castine with Olive Tree in Gainesville
George Jacunski with olive tree at St. Augustine Beach
old olive press in Spain
Hornworm collected by Eric Ostmark on olive trees at test site UF-IFAS Citra
Brush-Type Weed Control Device – Australian
Michael O’Hara Garcia with Florida Olive Oil
Tommy “Oliveson” Oleson
Alex Andrews
U.S. Olive Producers testify at International Trade Commission
Dana Venrick – Olive Grower near Orlando
FOC President Michael O’Hara Garcia and Spanish growers at CEMPE olive collective in Sevilla 2012
MOG discusses olives with members of Spanish cooperative
U.S. Olive Producers testify at International Trade Commission
Jade Allen – Gainesville Olive Grower
1000 year old olive tree
l-r Michael Garcia, Kevin Shaw and Don Mueller – making olive oil
Olive Blooms – St. Augustine FL
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