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Tunisian Epilogue

Our time in Tunisia was largely spent outside of metropolitan Tunis.  We drove an average of 100 miles per day to olive groves and olive mills with cultural stops and

The Industrial Side of Olive Oil

After a morning in the orchards we drove to the other side of Sfax to visit a very large producer.  The filling lines were running and we observed both 500

Breakfast with Methuselah, part 2

The day was bright, but cool, and walking into the shade of this old stand of dark and silver-leafed olive trees was downright chilly.  Those of us who arrived early

Insight into Tunisian Olive Oil Production, part 2

We stood outside in a small courtyard surrounded on three sides by the typically bright white walls and blue trimmed doors / blue painted ironwork of Tunisia, which here were

Organic Olives in Tunisia

Our Tunisian Trade Mission continued its mid March journey onward to the Jougar region, which is a mountainous area filled with forests of Aleppo pine, wild rosemary and thyme.  There

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