Italian olive oil producer Francesco Suatoni checks an olive tree in his plantation in Amelia, central Italy June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
Climate change is hurting olive oil production, driving up prices and making it the target of thieves who can sell it on a thriving black market. Now, farmers and researchers are looking for ways to make olive crops more resilient.Olive oil production is in trouble — and thieves are cashing in
Extreme heat has made it a difficult summer for olive farmers across Europe. In Spain, the world's largest olive-oil-producing country, drought has devastated recent harvests. Bad weather has also hit olive crops in other major growers like Italy and Portugal. Pananos, who produces extra virgin olive oil in Thessaloniki and exports it for distribution in Alberta, says other olive oil producers and table olive producers have also been hit hard by the extreme heat.
"Some of the farms around here, some of the olive groves were established many years ago, some of them 100 and 200 years ago," he said.
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