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Olive picking and pressing festival in Koora
23-10-2017
The Agricultural Cooperative for the Development of Olive Produce in Darbaachtar, Koora, inaugurated on Saturday the second edition of the Olive Harvest Festival, with the support of the Municipality and in cooperation with USAID. On the occasion, the Coop chief, Jose Bou Ghosn, said the event brings together the consumer and the producer, introduces visitors to the area’s distinctive features, namely olives and virgin olive oil, and educates buyers to mindfully choose the good olive and olive oil products. Similarly, the USAID director of the Olive Oil Sector, engineer Roland Andari, stressed the significance of the festival particularly to outsiders coming from Beirut, Junyeh and other regions of Lebanon who are unaware of the different stages of growing and picking the olive trees up to olive oil processing. For his part, Darbaachtar mayor, engineer Isaac Abud, lauded the yearly festivity for spotlighting Koura and its agricultural olive produce, describing the event as a useful opportunity for local consumers to get the best quality olives, olive oil and soaps. To note, the 2-day festival saw awareness seminars on the proper methods to care for olives and olive oil, in addition to a home-made mouneh exhibition and a tour for visitors in the olive groves, a visit to the olive press and the soap factory while they enjoying walking in nature. (Al Diyar, October 22, 2017)
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