During the summer months, the producer can\u2019t relax in the shade of his plants. He knows that summer is the most critical season for those who produce oil.
He is vigilant, because there is a danger lurking: a small and apparently harmless insect, which can cause enormous damages and ruining 12 months of hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83e\udeb0 It is the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae), <\/strong>the enemy of olives number one \ud83e\uded2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It seems like a detail, but it is important for us to let people focus on it and know how fragile the road that leads to oil is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The olive fly tries to attack the olives, causing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem gets worse with the climatic stress, too mild winters or seasonal unpredictability: the olive fly proliferates and it can compromise the entire harvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For oil producers like us this means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The olive fly is not just an insect. It is the nightmare of those who work all year long to bring quality to the customer\u2019s tables. It is an invisible battle to protect precious fruit. We like to bring people closer to our work, even if they are not here in the countryside with us and they don’t know our sector. Claudia Zucca <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer is about to end in few days. Then, the harvesting phase starts, between October and December. The harvest is only the last chapter of a journey that is not that easy and linear. \ud83c\udfa2Before that moment, the oil producer goes through a lot of obstacle \ud83c\udfc7: every decision can make the difference between an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[23,24,148],"class_list":["post-4851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","tag-evo-oil","tag-extra-virgin-olive-oil","tag-oil-producers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
Before harvesting: an obstacle course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It is a challenge that requires competence and experience to prevent plant disease on one hand, attention and steady nerves to act promptly on the other hand, in the event of an attack of this pest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nThe invisible battle among the olive trees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When you taste a good oil, you rarely think about the difficulties we face to achieve that result, but we can assure there is a story of dedication, risk and resilience behind every bottle of our oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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