Our organically-farmed olive grove, Silver Ridge, is located in Oroville, California.   Our 80 year old trees grow in the beautiful foothills just East of Chico, at the edge of the Table Mountain. Oroville is known for both olive groves and stunning spring wildflowers.  Our trees produce Mission, Manzanillo & Barouni olive varietals.  Additionally, we purchase fruit from other growers, as well as custom crush for them.  We are currently in the process of certifying our oils Kosher.    

  Olive harvest begins in October of each year and ends in January/February, weather permitting. Our fruit is crushed within 24 hours of picking, to insure the highest quality oil, as olives are technically stone fruit and the quality of the fruit will begin to deteriorate the longer it sits before crushing. We typically begin harvest at the beginning of November, when the fruit is still green, and crush through January, as the olives ripen to black, so that we are able to obtain oil that reflects the full spectrum of flavors--from the fresh, grassy, early oil to the soft, buttery, late harvest oil. We then carefully blend the oils to capture the best qualities from each stage. Depending on the year, we may also offer an early harvest oil, Olio Nuovo, as well as a late harvest oil.