Get Your Georgia Olive Oil?: Snaps to our friends over at…

Get Your Georgia Olive Oil?: Snaps to our friends over at...

Snaps to our friends over at Decatur Metro for alerting us to an interesting story about the return of olive farming to Georgia. The Washington Post piece examines Georgia’s olive growing resurgence and history in the context of the huge global market for olive oil and the sustainable aspects of it as a crop. While it will be a while before the state could compete with Spain or Italy, local chefs are already clamoring for the next piece in the farm-to-table puzzle. [Washington Post] >>

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