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Forty million litres. That's how much extra virgin olive oil we pour in this country every year, and we only make about half of it ourselves.
Leon Bettio is a third-generation grower at Mypolonga on the lower Murray. He says he's never seen such buzz in the industry. Some wine-grape growers are looking at olives too, though a grove takes about ten years to pay you back. Vines, two or three.
Remember 2022? Olive oil jumped more than seventy per cent in the shortage. I remember. I hid my good bottle behind the polenta.
Ten years is a long time to wait, tesoro. That's real patience. So when the local bottle costs a bit more, I don't complain. I pour it on the bread and I say grazie.
Source: ABC News, 2026-06-27
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