UC Davis Olive Oil Content / UC Davis Olive Oil Content for UC Davis en LAURELS: Researcher Kwon Wins Conference Award /news/laurels-researcher-wins-conference-award <div>&nbsp; <h2 class="heading--underline text-align-center">IN THIS COLUMN</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p></div> April 10, 2023 - 12:45pm Dave Jones /news/laurels-researcher-wins-conference-award Gifts for Proud Aggies /news/gifts-proud-aggies <p class="MsoNormal"><span>We鈥檙e here with some fresh gift ideas that say UC Davis, including the 2022 edition of our Olio Nuovo, or 鈥渘ew oil,鈥� the freshest kind of olive oil; pillows handcrafted from old marching band uniforms; apparel and accessories; and subscriptions to UC Davis Magazine.</span></p> December 06, 2022 - 10:25pm Dave Jones /news/gifts-proud-aggies Festival Celebrates Newest New Olive Oil /news/olio-nuevo-festival-new-olive-oil-new-collaboration <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The UC Davis Olive Center will hold an Olio Nuovo Festival this weekend to celebrate the release of the center鈥檚 newest 鈥渘ew oil,鈥� the freshest extra virgin olive oil available, produced in collaboration with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and its S茅ka Hills line of agricultural products. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Saturday afternoon festival (Nov. 20) will comprise various events at UC Davis鈥� Downtown Store and on campus, including tastings and a workshop on the care of olive trees in your own yard.</p> November 16, 2021 - 10:06am Dave Jones /news/olio-nuevo-festival-new-olive-oil-new-collaboration 100 Percent Campus-Grown: Gunrock and Wolfskill Olive Oils /news/100-percent-campus-grown-gunrock-wolfskill-olive-oils <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block "> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">From Slippery Mess to Success</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <p>Olive trees at UC Davis, the world鈥檚 No. 1 agricultural school, go back a long, long time. But the campus didn鈥檛 get into the olive oil business until 2005 when necessity became the mother of invention.</p> <p>Along Russell Boulevard, some of those old trees had become a problem: Olives fell on the Russell bike path, which became an oily, dangerous mess. Bicycle riders could slip, and the riders could go flying.</p></div></section> July 20, 2017 - 12:09pm Dave Jones /news/100-percent-campus-grown-gunrock-wolfskill-olive-oils Olive Center Shares Expertise with Spain, Oil with Us! /news/olive-center-shares-expertise-spain-oil-us <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block "> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">Picnic Day Olive Oil</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <p>The Olive Center will have three olive oil tasting table locations and two special deals on Picnic Day, this Saturday (April 16): $10 per bottle of Gunrock, Silo and Roasted Garlic olive oils, and $15 for Estate (made completely from olives grown on campus). Here are the locations:</p></div></section> April 11, 2016 - 9:51pm Dave Jones /news/olive-center-shares-expertise-spain-oil-us