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What is the colour that dutch women are afraid to wear right now? Whilst reviewing luxury hotels here in Amsterdam. I visited my favourite dutch fashion brand called Vanilia. I was so excited to see their collection of olive green. It has not sold at all because women from Holand are not liking it. Here […]

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I am all about empowering women and men with knowledge and hope. Regarding the value of the tree of hope. Learn about what is happening in the Holy Land where the destruction of olive trees is damaging to humanity and what you can do to protect it. Throughout history, the Olive branch has been used as […]

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Blessed with sunshine, virgin land and ample ground water, southern Bosnia is breaking into the olive oil market, winning medals and helping put the country on the map for "liquid gold".

"When I started to plant olive trees, I was told: 'You're crazy'," recalls Dragan Mikulic, 65, who runs a 50-hectare orchard in Ljubuski, in Bosnia's southern Herzegovina region. After little over a decade, he has become one of the top olive growers in the Balkans.

Wedged between high mountains to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the south, the grove's 7,000 trees stand in perfect rows beneath sunny skies.

"Look at this sun. It's like this all the time. The water coming down from these mountains passes through here, on its way to the sea," Mikulic says. "The soil consists of 30-percent sandy earth in which the trees breathe, and 70-percent stone, rich in minerals. It's all here."

[caption id="attachment_211770" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Workers harvest olives at an olive plantation near the south-western Bosnian town of Ljubuski. (Image: Elvis Barukcic/ AFP)[/caption]

But it wasn't that easy at the start. Recalling the "madness" of the early days, he describes having to use "tons of explosives" to break up a rocky patch of scrubland and turn it into a flat surface where he could plant the trees.

'God's tree'

"We chose the olive because it is, as we say here, the tree of God," adds Mikulic, whose oil in recent years has won 32 gold medals in competitions in Italy, Croatia and Bosnia.

Other producers have now followed in his footsteps. Officially, 776 tons of olives were harvested in Bosnia last year, 27 percent more than the previous year.

The industry is still small compared to neighbouring Croatia, the regional leader. But "with a gracious climate, uncontaminated soil and water", Herzegovina has "unimaginable possibilities for the development of olive growing", says Miro Barbaric, an agriculture expert from the Bosnian Agro-Mediterranean Institute.

[caption id="attachment_211773" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Olives that will eventually be turned into olive oil. (Image: John Cameron/ Unsplash)[/caption]

Access to underground water has only been possible over the last 15 years thanks to new drilling techniques. But it is key to the growth of this new crop in the region, once home mainly to tobacco.

Due to the lack of rain, the olive trees need between 150 and 200 litres (40 to 53 gallons) of water per day, according to Mikulic, who has drilled two boreholes in his olive grove and installed a drip irrigation system.

His neighbour Jure Susac, a 66-year-old winegrower who also has olive trees now, says he drilled a borehole nearly 300 metres (984 feet) deep. "I know that the olive loves a lot of water. I have plenty of it. The pump never stops working," Susac says.

[caption id="attachment_211771" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Bottles of extra virgin olive oil displayed in the house of Bosnian olive farmer Jure Susac. (Image: Elvis Barukcic/ AFP)[/caption]

"And, voila," he adds, pointing to the bunches of plump green olives on the trees "in excellent health" in his orchard, just a few days before the October harvest.

Susac has also won medals for his trees, the majority of which are bearing olives this year. Hailing the turnout as "exceptional", he hopes to squeeze out more than 500 litres of oil from them.

In every competition he entered with his oil, he won the gold medal, Susac says. "We are now often ahead of the Croatians."

(Main and featured image: Nazar Hrabovyi/ Unsplash)

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How is olive oil made in 2020 here in Tuscany Italy? What are the processes in place to make sure the olive oil is in tip-top tasting condition? How much work is involved to make olive oil? In Italy does olive oil taste different around the country? Look in this video how many olive trees […]

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Just like wine, olive oil offers a wide range of flavour, and aromatic possibilities.

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Just like wine, olive oil offers a wide range of flavour, and aromatic possibilities.

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Industry experts impart tips on how to recognise top quality premium ingredients such as truffles, caviar and foie gras.

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Industry experts impart tips on how to recognise top quality premium ingredients such as truffles, caviar and foie gras.

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You might want to savor that bottle of extra virgin Greek olive oil if the financial crisis in Greece takes a turn for the worse.

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Similar to pairing wine with food, you can create a taste sensation by pairing olive oil with particular foods. With different aromas, textures and flavors, there’s a range of possibilities to be creative with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. To pair olive oil with your next dish, you need to decide if you want a complimentary or […]

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Serves 6 to 8 In this recipe I combine two of my favorite ingredients, fennel and artichoke. This light and healthy saffron both is the perfect soup for any time of the year. Preparation:  25 minutes Cooking:  1 hour 30 minutes 4 whole artichokes, cleaned and quartered (leave stem on for presentation) 1 cup olive […]

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