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These are our olives :)

The harvest, the cooperative and the olive trees of our village.

Centuries-old olive trees in a ploughed field, in spring
Our olive trees in spring — some are over a hundred years old
Branches heavy with ripe olives, green and purple
The olives ripe, a few days before picking
A child in a blue coat beside a crate filled with just-harvested olives
The harvest is a family affair
A mound of freshly picked olives, leaves and all, at the mill
The olives reach the mill the same day they are picked
The Il Sannicandrese cooperative sign, between two old stone millwheels
The Il Sannicandrese cooperative, founded in 1963, and its old millstones
The cooperative’s pressing line, with two workers watching over it
Milling: the olives are pressed within 24 hours
A stream of new oil, golden green, running into a vat
The new oil, straight from the press
A grove of gnarled olive trees, grass and white stones, under a winter sky
The grove in winter, a few kilometres from the mill