In the News
November 30, 2007
Dateline - Campus brings out limited-release 'new' olive oil: Olio Nuovo
"UC Davis olive oils normally come out just before spring. And, indeed, that is when the 2008 bottling is scheduled for release, featuring oils named after university landmarks (Wolfskill Ranch, for example) and the school mascot (Gunrock)." [read more]
October 4, 2007
Winter's Express - Event highlights local olive oil production
"UC Davis Olive Oil, in collaboration with Slow Food Yolo and the Yolo Agricultural Marketing Initiative, will celebrate the upcoming olive harvest with a walking tour and luncheon at the historic Wolfskill Ranch in Winters on Oct. 13 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m." [read more]
October 3, 2007
The Davis Enterprise - Blessing of the Trees
"I looked around until I spotted Darrell Corti, whose family has run a specialty market in Sacramento since 1947." [read more]
September/October 2007
Facilities Manager - University of California, Davis - Take Lemons and Make Lemonade
"The University of California, Davis has taken to heart the old saying, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. The campus took a landscape nuisance--old olive trees--and transformed it into a successful olive
oil program."[read more]
September 29, 2007
Sacramento Bee - Heritage Harvest
"The fruit of Yolo County olive trees owned by UC Davis and planted nearly 150 years ago by one of Northern California's early pioneers is finding new customers." [read more]
September 21, 2007
Dateline - Olive Oil Shines in international…
"UC Davis olive oil not only tasted good, it looked good at the Los Angeles County Fair's international competition this year." [read more]
June 2007
Comstock's - When life gives you olives …
"Each year from November to May, the 1,250 olive trees lining the UC Davis campus would drop their fruit." [read more]
May 30, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle - Discovery: Davis majors in olive oil
"UC Davis, already known for its agricultural advances, has once again turned heads …" [read more]
May 28, 2007
Office of the Governor Online - Gov. Schwarzenegger and Canadian Premier of Ontario Place Friendly Wager on Stanley Cup
"With California's Anaheim Ducks seeking their first hockey championship, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced …" [read more]
May 23, 2007
The Sacramento Bee - Pure delight: California's emerging olive oil industry hears a call for quality …
"Will American consumers pay more for olive oil that claims to be even more pristine than extra-virgin? Will they even be able …" [read more]
April 28, 2007
LA Times - Caltech branches into … olive oil
"Take 130 trees dropping olives on campus walkways. Add in students seeking prankish respite from their studies. Mix in …" [read more]
April 27, 2007
Dateline - Guess the weight
"The Thank Goodness for Staff picnic is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 9, in Shields Oak Grove in the arboretum. A prize will be …" [read more]
April 20, 2007
Dateline - Some sweet-talking plaudits for a slippery subject
"An Italian visitor made an offer that Buildings and Grounds Director Sal Genito could not refuse, almost. The visitor, Fabrizio …" [read more]
April 4, 2007
The Davis Enterprise - Yolo's oily returns: County growers press unexpected treasure out of ubiquitous olive trees
"I'm not the brightest bulb in the box," said Sal Genito, director of Buildings and Grounds at UC Davis, when we met him in his …" [read more]
April 1, 2007
RMI E-News - UC Davis Debuts 2007 Olive Oil
"The UC Davis Division of Buildings and Grounds held its second annual Olive Oil Launch on March 14 …" [read more]
March 23, 2007
Dateline - A well-oiled affair
"UC Davis threw a party last week for the campus's very own olive oils, vintage 2007. The oil is made from the fruit …" [read more]
March 13, 2007
The Daily Democrat - UC Davis debuts 2007 olive oil, wine vinegar
"UC Davis is kicking off its 2007 line of campus-produced olive oil and debuting a companion wine vinegar Wednesday. The launch …" [read more]
March 9, 2007
Dateline - Olive oil celebration
"Grounds Division workers carefully tend the olive trees that produce the fruit that goes into UC Davis olive oil. Pictured in top photo …" [read more]
December 2006
Prosper Magazine - Olive Oil as Liquid Gold
"There's an old saying among Italian farmers: "Uva della pianta per lei; olivo della pianta per i vostri nipote …" [read more]
April 19, 2006
The Sacramento Bee - UC Davis presses its messes
"Sal Genito's culinary epiphany occurred on a day of alternating showers and sunshine three winters ago. As director of buildings and …" [read more]
June 22, 2005
The Sacramento Bee - The new gold rush: Valley presses ahead as producer of fine olive oil
"The silvery green sheen of olive trees shimmers across the Sacramento Valley and up the gentle slopes of the Sierra foothills just …" [read more]
April 27, 2005
The California Aggie - UC Davis produces high-quality, high-demand olive oil: Former cause of bike …
"If you look at the ground of UC Davis, you will most likely notice a black gooey pulp spotting the street. Most students find …" [read more]
April 15, 2005
Dateline - Creative use of fallow olive grove greases campus coffers
"Where else but on a college campus could Sal Genito get away with a sales pitch like this: But UC Davis olive oil, the oil that makes …" [read more]
Spring 2005
First Press - When life gives you olives, make olive oil
"Like many other California institutions, UC Davis has landscape olive trees. Lots of olive trees. Like two thousand olive trees. And these …" [read more]
2005
The Daily Democrat - Esparto Farm is tops in olive oil competition
"Harmon Taber of Taber Ranch in Esparto took Best of show honors in the Yolo County Fair's first-ever Olive Oil Competition that took …" [read more]
2005
USA Today - Napa Valley dips into olive oil: tourists sop up tastings and tours
"Ryan MacDonnell is so confident in the quality of the fruit she grows that she believe tourists will pay $20 to sniff and …" [read more]