#Italy: ‘Worst ever crop’ down to climate change, say Italy’s #olivefarmers

The extreme weather and parasites that have devastated olive groves are set to send prices soaring

Failure around Europe: a farmer harvests olives this week in southern France; 40-60 per cent of the crop is likely to be lost. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Miriam O'Callaghan

 

In Cork my grandmother had a lip for the exotic: coffee beans from Reardens, Turkish delight from Hadji Bey, Benedictine from Woodford Bourne, figs from Cudmores, dates from O’Keeffes, and olive oil from “Dr Duncan” at JJ Walshe’s pharmacy, on Shandon Street... (Read more)

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