Organic olive oil is good for the environment, but surely many products without this certification also have positive repercussions on our planet. Why is that?

Olive oil is organic in itself

Many small olive mills and family farms work with traditional practices and it is common to use natural methods to regenerate the land or fight pests. But there are also other reasons that make our olive oil an organic food by definition . We review them below.

The olive tree, a crop that cares for the environment

It should be noted that the vast majority of olive tree varieties are adapted to our climate and our soil and that, having been present for years in our latitudes, the trees have developed natural resistance to some common pests. Both circumstances minimise the use of products to increase crop yields, reduce the impact on fauna and flora and, obviously, on agricultural land.

Local olive oil, an ecological plus

The olive oil we consume at home is almost always a national product. And it should continue to be that way because it also reduces the carbon footprint of its transport. This aspect is often left out of ecological standards and we should reflect more often on the need to consume local food.

Nowadays, there is no shortage of people who bring organic food from the other side of the world in a means of transport as polluting as the plane. These journeys and the cold chains they require pervert the ecological methodology since they end up generating a carbon footprint greater than that of many non-organic products that are simply produced close to their place of consumption.

The territory, another dimension in organic olive oil

If an area has been dedicated to olive cultivation for generations, the fields are already part of its ecosystem and landscape. Consuming olive oil produced in areas where it is a traditional crop helps to maintain native flora and fauna and a human community that lives off olive groves. It is true that in this case we would not be consuming organic olive oil, but it is important not to forget that behind every olive tree and every olive mill, there are people like us and we all want our ways of life and our customs to survive. And what better custom than to respect the land and its fruits with the taste of a delicious organic extra virgin olive oil?