A couple months ago my husband Jeff was paging through Sauce Magazine and came across an article about adopting olive trees in Italy. We immediately jumped on the opportunity and $130 later (65 pounds to be exact) we were proud owners of a fruit producing olive tree. With the idea in our heads that we would have to clean out pantry to store all our jugs of oil we were slightly dissapointed with ourselves when we realized were were only going to be recieving 2 liters of oil a year.Regardless I think it's a great idea. Moments after we pressed the purchase button we recieved a personalized confirmation notice and a week later a hand written thank you card with a certificate of adoption. We also recieved a small booklet with details about the certain species of olive tree we adopted. We have yet to recieve our oil because it arrives in the spring and autumn, but we can't wait!
There are plenty of Italian olive trees that still need adopting. If you're interested in learning more or adopting your own tree check out Nudo at http://www.nudo-italia.com/
2 comments:
What a great idea,I'll have to check it out! Thanks for visiting my blog.
Wow-- that's awesome! you'll have to let us know how the oil is when you get it.
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