Tag: sustainable olive farming
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From the Grove: A July Update from Paciano, Umbria
A July update from our Paciano, Umbria olive grove: how the trees are handling a hot, dry summer, where the fruit stands, and what it means for your October reservation.
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Spring in Umbria is when the olive oil year truly begins.
Spring in Umbria is when the olive oil year truly begins. As the grove comes back to life, olive trees enter a critical stage where buds decide between leaves or future olives, quietly setting the potential for the entire harvest. At the same time, biodiversity on the ground supports soil health, moisture, and resilience. With…
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The Journey of Olive Oil: From Grove to Bottle
Follow the story of Solo Olives from hand-picked groves in Umbria to your kitchen. Learn how each bottle reflects sustainable farming, small-batch pressing, and a family’s dedication to quality.
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Building a Transparent, Sustainable Business Model Around Olive Oil
Launching a company is never just about the product. It’s about the business model that makes the product possible, and sustainable. At SOLO Olives, our first year selling premium extra virgin olive oil from Umbria, Italy, has forced us to answer fundamental questions: How do we price fairly? How do we grow without compromising quality?…
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🌿 Field Update from Umbria – August 2025
Field update from Paciano, Umbria, how we’re protecting our olive trees from the olive fruit fly during a warm, dry summer.
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July Update: Heat, Roots, and the Making of Bold Oil
July in the grove is a lesson in patience. The trees are loaded with tiny green drupes, each one a sealed promise of the oil we’ll taste come October. We’ve just passed pit hardening, the stage where the inner stone finishes forming, and now the fruit is quietly expanding, cell by cell. Inside each olive, enzymes…
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June in the Grove – Fruit Set, Feathered Helpers, and Summer Heat
Dear SOLO OLIVES Club The trees have spoken, and they’re growing. This past month in Umbria, the olive groves moved into one of the most delicate and defining phases of the season: fruit set. After flowering in May, the blossoms have given way to tiny green pearls, the first signs of this year’s olives. It’s always…
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May Update: It starts with a bud
There’s a quiet transformation happening in Umbria right now, one that begins with the tiniest detail: olive flower buds. These are the first signs of what will eventually become our very first SOLO OLIVES harvest. What You’re Looking At Those clusters in the photo are called inflorescences small groups of buds that sprout from where the…
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A Heartfelt Thank You & SOLO Founders Club Update
First and foremost, a huge thank you. This post is for you, our SOLO Founders Club, because you are the ones who believed in this project from the very beginning. Seeing all your names on the waitlist was incredibly special. Each of you, in one way or another, has been part of our lives, and…