Community Mills on The Rise in FRANCE | CIHEAM Press Review | Scoop.it
An ample harvest and high prices have led to a surge in activity and investments in community mills.

People filled baskets with olives from October to December in the South of France, eager to turn them into fresh olive oil. Thousands gather outside local olive mills in a celebratory atmosphere.

It’s an annual tradition,” Alexandra Paris, the communications director at France Olive, a producers’ association, told Olive Oil Times. It’s always been like that. Every year, independent customers, including families, who own olive trees go to olive mills.


Via internationalolivecouncil