On-Farm Consulting
Crops: Olives, Hops, Cider apples, berries, vegetables
- Land feasability evaluation
- Fertilizing, nutrient management, organic and conventional
- Irrigation, salt management
- Insect pests, organic and conventional
- Plant Diseases, organic and conventional
- Orchard Management: pruning, tree spacing, cover crop management, alternate bearing
Olive Oil Processing
In the Mill
- Olive oil mill design
- Processing techniques: fruit handling, transport, washing, cooling
- Crushing, paste fineness
- Malaxation, timing and temperature
- Decanter
- Vertical centrifuge
- Storage and filtering
Olive Oil Sensory Evaluation
At the Table
- Sensory short course presentation
- Oil evaluation, oil blending
- Competition judging