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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