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I have always dreamed of packing up my family and moving to Italy. I don’t know what it is about Italy, the country, the food, the people…it is all so intoxicating and I have dreamed of living there since I was a teenager. I was reminded of those feelings today when I ran across a link to an organic olive grove in Italy (Nudo) that is offering to let you adopt of their 881 olive trees for a year. Imagine dunking your bread in your own oil from your own tree thousands of miles away on a hillside in Italy.
As part of this deal you receive three packages during the year from Nudo. The first will contain a certificate and an information booklet about your tree, the second (in spring) will have 1-3 liters of pressed extra virgin olive oil and the third (in fall) will contain lemon-flavored olive oil and three types of olive oil soaps. Unfortunately, they don’t ship outside of Europe or I be adopting one of these trees. Sigh…maybe soon they will allow adoptees from the US.
Ciao!
Erin said,
May 28, 2006 at 11:17 am:
Hi Tiffiany,
I looked at the site. What a fun idea. I wish I could adopt a tree too. Maybe there is someone in the US that will figure this out and do something similar
Thanks for sharing this.
Regards,
Erin
Road Runner said,
May 28, 2006 at 11:47 pm:
Hey, gave a thought that this just may be a money gimpit in the long run? You can actually grow your own olive tree even in a bucket if you don’t have a yard, plus at most of the nurseries they are affordable. Bonus is they don’t really take a lot of care.
Road Runner
Administrator said,
May 29, 2006 at 4:05 pm:
I am sure that they started this program for monetary reasons but I would still support their efforts. Small farms have a tough time competing with the the big guys and often times they form co-op type programs to help offset the costs so they can stay in business. They are helping to provide local food for their communities so I think it is the communities responsibilty to help them succeed. This particular place just got creative and sought support from others beyond their own commnuity.