alt Hacker NewsCalifornia produces very high quality olive oil. I buy it at Costco. The Kirkland brand likely comes from outside the country.
California produces very high quality olive oil. I buy it at Costco. The Kirkland brand likely comes from outside the country.
California produced 1.94 million gallons of olive oil in 2023. That same year the US used ~98.5 million gallons of olive oil. There just isn't enough space to produce that much olive oil in CA much less produce it profitably or in ways that wouldn't devastate the environment. And all that is ignoring that it takes around 10 years for an olive tree to get to consistent production.