They’re really important! Olives and olive oil are the most integral ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, and they are incredibly popular cultivars in South America, South Africa, Chine, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and the United States. We needn’t really explain that olive trees are of incredible agricultural importance, but we will anyway.

They are native trees to the Mediterranean basin, and they have been cultivated by humans for thousands and thousands of years. The olive is a small fruiting tree that is part of the botanical family Oleaceae. Where would we be in the world if we didn’t have olive trees? Salads would be dry without extra virgin olive oil, food would constantly be stuck to our pans, and pizzas would be significantly less adorned with little salty bombs of flavor. When should you prune an olive tree? Olea Europaea