Oregon Project Aims to Promote Olive Oil Sector

A new project launched by Oregon State University (OSU) aims to help spread oliviculture throughout California’s northern neighbor.

The primary objectives of the Olea project will be to determine the most effective propagation techniques for olives in Oregon; identify which cultivars grow best in Oregon’s unique climate; assess the best transplanting and up-potting practices for achieving rapid orchard establishment; and making all of this information available to the public in order to help bolster the fledgling industry.

Sitting between 45 and 46 degrees of latitude, Oregon is located a bit farther north of other, more traditional, olive growing regions. However, growers and officials working on the Olea project believe that commercial olive growing can succeed here.

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