Olive Groves in the West Bank Have Become a Battleground. That’s Why Volunteers Come From Around the World to Help at Harvest Time

The olive harvest in the West Bank lasts roughly October through November, a festive season of family and friends coming together to pick olives, often on groves passed on through generations of ...
NPR

In the West Bank, Palestinian olive farmers fear for the worst in this year's harvest

BEITUNIA, West Bank — This time of year, Palestinian olive farmers are usually hard at work in their groves. But during this harvest season, 35-year-old West Bank farmer Thaer el Taher can only look ...
Los Angeles Times

Another casualty of escalating clashes in the West Bank: the Palestinian olive harvest

TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — Abdullah abu Awad first harvested his family’s olive grove decades ago with his father and grandfather. He knows the trees as well as he knows his own children. But he ...
Mother Earth News

Growing Olive Trees in Pots

Olives need to grow to full size before harvesting. Tend this Mediterranean staple at home, even in cold temperatures. You can start growing olive trees in pots any time and pruning olive trees in ...
Los Angeles Times

The price of olive oil soars, and thieves go after century-old trees in the Mediterranean

SPATA, Greece — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, ...