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Multiple use products from the Olive. This process is oil extraction from the Olives for general use in nutrition, health, skin care, prevention of illnesses, beauty, and other uses. Production also increases the economic health of the community.

Olive oil is obtained from the Olive (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. The oil is produced by grinding whole olives and extracting the oil by mechanical or chemical means. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps. Olive oil is used throughout the world, but especially in the Mediterranean countries and, in particular, Greece where the largest consumption per person can be found. Legend has it that the olive tree was a gift from the goddess Athena to humanity.

Homer referred to olive oil as liquid gold, and Thomas Jefferson proclaimed it the richest gift of heaven. For centuries, a gift of olive oil was a welcome treasure. Food-lovers have never entirely forgotten the delightful golden fluid, but in recent years, a new awareness of the benefits of olive oil has been born. Science has turned its investigative eye upon it in recent years, and numerous studies have only reinforced the notion that olive oil is an amazing substance with numerous benefits.

It can be extracted from olives using the traditional method of putting olives on a rock and crushing them, or more recently using a chemical extraction method. In Algeria, the most ancient method is still used by women in rural villages, accompanied by singing, while crushing the olives.

• Ecology
  • Seeds, Food & Soil

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil
• http://www.robbinsfamilyfarm.com/101-olive-oil-benefits/