Italy’s Olive Oil Paradox: Full Tanks, Falling Prices and a Harvest at Risk

The Italian Olive Oil Paradox

After years of shortages and record prices, Italy’s olive oil sector is suddenly facing the opposite problem: too much unsold oil, falling producer prices and mills running out of both storage space and liquidity. Italy’s olive oil industry is entering an unusually difficult phase. In Puglia and Calabria, two of the country’s most important olive-growing […]