Extra Virgin Olive Oil
There is no other place in the world where more olive trees grow. The Andalusian landscape essentially consists of olive groves, exceeding one and a half million hectares.
The olive grove not only defines our landscape, but also our poetry, customs, gastronomy, and ways of life, all of which run parallel to the life cycle of this tree that has accompanied us in Andalusia for millennia.
The different cultures and civilizations that populated Andalusia (Greeks, Romans, Phoenicians, and Carthaginians) discovered the benefits of olive oil and planted olive groves that have survived to this day.
The olive grove in Andalusia is also a source of wealth.
This sector is the best antidote to the abandonment of rural areas, and about 250,000 families in more than 300 municipalities depend on it, representing 40% of agricultural employment. It is a crop that helps to establish the population in the territory and prevent the exodus to large cities.
The Andalusian olive grove stands out as one of the richest ecosystems in the Iberian Peninsula, an immense humanized forest, and an indisputable oxygen lung. The exploitation and conservation of the olive grove is of enormous importance in reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Today's olive growing, after years of research and implementation of the most efficient agricultural techniques, pursues the environmental sustainability of olive grove production, proving to be an effective weapon to significantly reduce erosion and soil degradation, as well as to stop the loss of biodiversity (birds, ants, and herbaceous plants) detected in all olive groves.
There are many actions that can have a decisive impact now and in the future, such as the use of waste (stone, olive pomace, leaves, and olive grove pruning) as a source of biomass, a 100% renewable, safe, and clean energy alternative through biomass gasification technology, reducing the carbon footprint of the olive oil value chain.
All these measures, together with the agro-environmental commitment of olive growers, have an enormous impact on the conservation of the entire natural environment and are aligned with the agricultural policies pursued by the European Union for 2030.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the basis of Andalusian gastronomy. In the region with the highest world production (ahead of Italy, Greece, or Portugal), olive oil is the star ingredient in a large part of the recipes.
The essence of the olive, the 'liquid gold', is valued by using it raw, a state in which it maintains all its organoleptic properties intact.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
In changing scenarios, innovation is a must. Building differentiating arguments allows us to obtain better oils, from an organoleptic and healthy point of view, without losing sight of environmental sustainability.
