@SheDrivesMobility Climate change really is hitting Spain hard. Olive production was almost halved last year. Now wine. And then there's tourism - environmentally conscious tourists will (quite rightly) eschew flying to Spain on a whim and filling private swimming pools is (quite rightly) being restricted this year.
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Israel used Gaza war to prevent almost all of West Bank olive harvest in 2023
“The systemic obstruction of the olive harvest, augmented by organised settler violence against harvesters and their property is … part of Israel’s longstanding violent policy, which aims to cement the apartheid regime in the West Bank and allow continued expansion of settlements.”
Fake olive oil is everywhere because of a drought-related global shortage of the real stuff. @euronews explains how fraudsters are dressing up cheap seed oil by adding chlorophyll and carotenoids to change its color, and the different traceability tools that can help you work out if you're being scammed.
In 2023 #OliveOil bulk prices have doubled (after some years of being relatively stable).
And, of course, behind this is a fall in supply caused by crop failures & #climatechange;
so perhaps the Q. is: like the #wine industry, is the shift in climate patterns (whatever its massive damage elsewhere) going to present an opportunity to English #farmers to move into the cultivation of #olives?
As the South of England gets warmer so the fields they are a changing....
Police in Spain and Italy have arrested 11 people and seized more than 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil after breaking up an international gang that allegedly sought to profit by passing off cheap oils as their more expensive equivalents....
Part 2 of the great #OliveOil saga. We managed to find 3 Lts of Australian 🇦🇺 (Wave the flag) Olive Oil for $46 and loose change. Buy it while you can is the advice I give you today.
"Nearly all the works of Roman art that were most greatly admired in antiquity have been lost or destroyed. The vast majority of #ancientRome public buildings have either been completely destroyed or deteriorated into ruins.
Grove robbers target 'liquid gold' as olive oil prices triple globally.
Criminals across the Mediterranean region are stealing olives and branches and even cutting down trees to lay their hands on the fruit that has tripled in price since 2019.
Some of the trees have stood for more than a hundred years.
#OliveOil prices have been bad for months, though we've been spared by the fact that we buy a large jug each time to last us for a year.
Sadly running low, and prices have retracted a little, but are still pretty steep. They've settled from high forties for 3 litres to the mid thirties (Cdn).
Then there's the risk of counterfeit stuff – it's worrisome to buy any "good deal" stuff you might come across.
Not good. My olive harvest this year will be zero. I mean nothing. Not one olive on the trees. I presume it was down to the extremely hot, extremely long summer. Our fears are that this will be the new normal - science says our fears are justified.
Climate change is hitting our food production. Today.
I expect olive oil to hit €20 per litre in 🇪🇸. 2 years ago it was €4.
"For the 2022 to 2023 harvest, overall European Union #OliveOil production declined by 26 per cent compared to the previous year. This year, it is expected to drop by 39 per cent, the lowest level since the mid-1990s.
Limited supplies have driven prices skywards, with a 115 % increase in #Spain and a 50 % hike in #Greece between 2022 and 2023. Olive oil thefts have increased, with supermarkets resorting to padlocking olive oil bottles to shelves."
Drought is driving #OliveOil prices to staggering new heights
"#Spain, which is the world’s largest olive supplier and home to 40% of the global crop, has been dealing with droughts that have cut output by anywhere from 30% to 50% of its usual 1.3 million metric-ton harvests.
In February Spanish farmers were calling on the government to do more to fight #ClimateChange amid persistent #heatwaves that have decimated their trades."
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
Police in Spain and Italy have arrested 11 people and seized more than 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil after breaking up an international gang that allegedly sought to profit by passing off cheap oils as their more expensive equivalents....