While preparing the recent blog post, What’s up with olive oil?, I relied on a variety of sources. Some of these I linked to or quoted. Others informed my thinking and the content of the post.
Here is a list of the articles I consulted.
Wikipedia, “1970s Energy Crisis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_energy_crisis
Natasha Donn, “Olive Oil inflation in Portugal reaches 69%…”, Portugal Resident, 2/27/24, https://www.portugalresident.com/olive-oil-inflation-in-portugal-reaches-69/#:~:text=Olive%20oil%20prices%20%27soared%27%20in,largely%20due%20to%20climate%20change
Michael Bruxo, “Spanish rush to Portugal to buy cheaper olive oil”, Portugal Resident, 9/18/23, https://www.portugalresident.com/spanish-rush-to-portugal-to-buy-cheaper-olive-oil/
Michelle Tchea, “Why olive oil prices are soaring and what to do about it”, BBC.com, 12/18/23, https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231218-why-olive-oil-prices-are-soaring-and-what-to-do-about-it#:~:text=But%20why%20have%20olive%20oil,severe%20hailstorms%20leading%20to%20floods.
Lee Yng Shan, “Spain’s drought has pushed olive oil prices to a 26-year high – and they’re expected to stick”, CNBC.com, 5/4/23, https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/04/olive-oil-prices-hit-record-highs-due-to-bad-weather-in-spain.html
Anna Platonova and others, “Ukraine’s 2022-23 oilseeds exports surpass previous year”, Fastmarkets, 9/12/23, https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/ukraines-2022-23-oilseeds-exports-surpass-previous-year/
Essential Business, “Portugal suffers biggest price hike on olive oil in the EU”, 2/27/24, https://www.essential-business.pt/2024/02/27/portugal-suffers-biggest-price-hike-on-olive-oil-in-the-eu/
Centre for the Promotion of Imports, “Entering the European market for olive oil”, cbi.eu, 1/30/24, https://www.cbi.eu/market-information/processed-fruit-vegetables-edible-nuts/olive-oil/market-entry
Gratsea, et. al., “Assessing the long-term impact of climate change on olive crops and olive fly in Andalusia, Spain, through climate indices and return period analysis”, Science Direct, Dec 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880722000437
Ofeoritse Daibo, “Olive Trees Can Help Beat Climate Change”, Olive Oil Times, 11/1/23, https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/world/olive-trees-can-help-beat-climate-change/125328
David Segal and José Bautista, “The Olive Oil Capital of the World, Parched”, New York Times, 9/10/22, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/business/olive-oil-spain.html
[14] Aima Zaheer, “5 Countries that Produce the Best Extra Virgin Olive Oil”, Insider Monkey, 2/9/23, https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/5-countries-that-produce-the-best-extra-virgin-olive-oil-1113036/?singlepage=1
Wikipedia, “Province of Jaén (Spain)”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Ja%C3%A9n_(Spain)
Denise Müller-Dum and Jens Kube, “Dramatic weather records in the Mediterranean”, Helmholtz Climate Initiative, 9/26/23, https://www.helmholtz-klima.de/en/aktuelles/dramatic-weather-records-mediterranean
Elham Ali, et. al, “Cross Chapter Paper 4: Mediterranean Region”, International Panel on Climate Change, https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_CCP4.pdf
Rebecca Lindsey, “Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide”, Climate.gov, 5/12/23, https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide
Martha Henriques, “Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained”, BBC.com, 2/8/24, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231130-climate-crisis-the-15c-global-warming-threshold-explained
UN Environment Program, “Climate change in the Mediterranean”, https://www.unep.org/unepmap/resources/factsheets/climate-change
BBC, “Europe’s drought the worst in 500 years”, 8/23/22, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62648912
Global Drought Observatory, “Drought in the Mediterranean Region, January 2024” https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/news/GDO-EDODroughtNews202401_Mediterranean.pdf,
TPN, “Olive production rising”, The Portugal News, 11/25/23, https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2023-11-25/olive-production-rising/83618
Gildas Le Roux, “Italy’s olive growers lament poor harvests from extreme weather”, Phys.org, 11/3/23, https://phys.org/news/2023-11-italy-olive-growers-lament-poor.html
Sarah Butler, et. al., “Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm”, The Guardian, 9/28/23, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/europes-local-olive-oil-supply-runs-almost-dry-after-summer-of-extreme-weather
NASA Earth Observatory, “Emissions from Fossil Fuels Continue to Rise”, 3/5/24, https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152519/emissions-from-fossil-fuels-continue-to-rise
This American Life podcast, Episode 826: “Unprepared for What Has Already Happened”, 3/15/24 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/826/unprepared-for-what-has-already-happened
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Mike
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