Olive growers and oil producers seek greater exposure for their product, cultivated and pressed in small batches but suffering from competition with cheaper, lower-quality imports

Thousands of Orthodox Jewish Israelis are spending hundreds of dollars on '100% pure' olive oil, only to burn it in a menorah; but some are buying diluted fakes

Find of pits in ancient submerged structures predates previously known use of olives for food purposes by some 4,000 years

Global demand plummets with few people flying or driving and factories closed, but producers can’t slow production fast enough, and storage tanks creeping toward their limits