Olive trees don’t just dot the landscape in Puglia, Italy; they define it. They are so important here, in the heel of Italy’s boot, that locals use words like “patrimony” and “cultural heritage” when ...

The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a ...

The remains of an olive tree near Trepuzzi burnt to the ground in one of numerous wild fires ravaging Salento. Arsonists are believed to be behind many of the fires striking Xylella-infected trees in ...

Corrado Rodio walks outside the thick stone walls of his family’s ancient olive oil mill and farmstead, the Masseria Brancati, and strolls over to a 2,000-year-old olive tree at the farm’s entrance.

BARI, Italy - A prosecutor in southern Italy has sequestered 2,000 olive trees that had been due to be culled after a deadly bacterium blighted last year's crop, and placed 10 people under ...

Last summer Italian officials destroyed dozens of groves of prized and economically vital olive trees with chainsaws in an attempt to stop the spread of Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium that has been ...

If you're looking to stock up on kitchen staples without sacrificing more from your grocery budget, consider doing some ...