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[Tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

Toni Hawryluk wrote:

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tvoivozhd---well, you could certainly sell a modest amount of olive oil 
at farmer's markets and flea markets.  Unfortunately the din of constant 
advertising has people looking for flavorless canola, corn, ye-e-ch, 
peanut oil in the supermarkets so I would hate to try to wedge in there.

Yes, you can grow olives in the sem--tropical deep South, though the 
flat terrain is not as olive-tree hospitable as the south-facing slopes 
to the Mediterranean found in Greece, and the Mediterranean tempers the 
heat of adjacent land better than does the Pacific Ocean. Olives are 
commercially grown in California, and are economically successful, 
though labor costs here are much higher than around the Mediterranean.

http://www.oliveoilsource.com/propagating_olive_trees.htm  (seedling 
availability and propagation)
http://www.calolive.org/homecooks/facts.html  (olive industry history in 
the U.S., acreage and location in California)