  Olive-oil prices  Drizzle and drought  The soaring cost of
dressing a salad  See article  Readers' comments    oliveoilguy
in reply to Luigi Frantoio  There are many wrong assumptions
here: 1. Much of CA might have a similar climate to much of SE
Australia but their water sources and issues are of a completely
different nature. "Luigi" might want to go visit there before
commenting further. 2. There is no evidence that super high
density groves are an "environmental disaster". How are they
different from any other form of intensive horticulture? 3.
Olive trees are combustible. Really? Not as much as a lot of the
CA landscape. The author is really clutching as straws here. 4.
Australian supergroves are planted in the standard traditional
density. The word supergrove is a misnomer when you consider the
size of groves in Spain - the focus of the article. They should
be called piddling groves, rather than supergroves. Furthermore,
most of the Australian industry consists of small family owned
operations, just l