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MINDING
THEIR BUSINESSEl
Camino Olive Trail |
| El
Camino Olive Trail Film |
August 7, 2011
PBS station KEDT Channel 16 Corpus Christi and the Texas Olive Oil Council celebrate
the burgeoning Olive Oil industry in South
Texas, and the growers who make it, in a new documentary film called El Camino
Olive Trail. www.elcaminoolivetrail.com
El Camino Olive Trail is a
film about people of vision and passion. Pioneers in a land of sun, drought and
sometimes broken dreams just across the US | Mexico
borderline along a historic route where Spanish priests established Missions and
planted trees. It is a place where a liquid gold that has illuminated history
is planted, picked and pressed. El Camino Olive Trail tells the story of an endless
source of wonder, the fountain of wealth and power, and one of the world’s greatest
commodities; Olive Oil. The Film is about people who persevere against the odds,
who driven by a romantic notion seek to revive this magic land along the fabled
El Camino Real. |
Harvesting
Olives in South Texas |
Although
the first olive trees in Texas were brought in by the Jesuits to the Missions
in Texas, olive trees were again brought to South
Texas 100 years ago by Texas pioneer icon Asher Richardson, who planted them
at his Bel-Asher mansion in Asherton
in 1914. Those trees survive to this day and were the inspiration for Texas olive
guru Jim Henry to plant 40,000 trees at Asher’s original farm, now called the
Texas Olive Ranch. The Bel-Asher and Texas Olive Ranch oils both won awards at
the recent Texas vs. The World Olive Oil Competition in Austin,
along with Texas growers Jewett Farms from Moulton,
Texas and Val Verde Orchard from Del
Rio. The 2nd oldest olive trees in Texas were planted in 1942 and are located
in Corpus Christi
on the Gulf Coast, a great place
for growing olives. The Film takes a decidedly South Texas turn on the Olive Trail
with a visit to Cotulla,
Texas to see delicious South Texas Wild Hog barbequed with Texas olive oil
by Chris Meyer, whose prowess as a chef and recipes are featured in the El Camino
Olive Trail film.
El Camino Olive Trail also feature artisan growers from
Rancho La Espiga in Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, along with big, up and coming commercial
producer Rancho De La Cruz, located in a pristine and lush valley in the beautiful
state of Coahuila, Mexico. Good things are happening in Mexico.
The
South Texas & Northern Mexico Olive Growers > |
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The South Texas
& Northern Mexico Olive Growers:
Jim Henry & Dr. Karen Lee (Texas Olive Ranch - Carrizo
Springs)Jack
Dougherty (Bella Vista Ranch, Wimberley)David
& Beverley Anderson (Anderson's Olive Farm - Dilley)Sandy
Winokur (Sandy Oaks - Elmendorf)Jerry
Farrell (Farrell's Olive Ranch - Artesia
Wells)
Don Jesus Ramon (Rancho De La Cruz, Coahuila, Mexico)
Dunham & Hill Jewett (Jewett Farms, Moulton,
Texas)Forrest
& Candace Anderson (Bel-Asher Farms, Asherton)
Claudio y Lorena Ramon (Rancho La Espiga - Ciudad
Acuña, México)
Tommy, Linda & Michael Qualia (Val Verde Orchard - Del
Rio) Dick
& Susan Hansen (Olive Country Estates - La
Pryor) Josh
Swafford & Curtis Mickan (Central Texas Olive Ranch, Walburg)Paul
Conly (Conly Olive Farm, Asherton)
Randy Guzman & Debora Marzec (Tejeda Middle School, San
Antonio) August
5, 2011
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