California growers working around the clock to produce 4 million gallons of fine olive oil

The State of California producing around four million gallons of olive oil each year. America’s Heartland shows us how those olives go from field to stove.

At an olive grove in sunny Sacramento, growers are working 24 hours a day to harvest a crop that some consider to be the best in the world. America’s Heartland shows us how those olives go from field to stove.

U.S. consumers take in around 80 million gallons of olive oil each year. The State of California producing around four million.

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