16 Countries You Wouldn’t Expect Your Fruits/Vegetables to Come From
| May 22, 2017
7. Olives – Mediterranean
No Greek salad is complete without black olives. The olive tree has been around humans since probably the Bronze Age. It’s native to the Mediterranean basin. Apart from food, its oil was also used for lighting and ointments.
Spain is the biggest producer, followed by Greece and Italy, but all countries around the Mediterranean contribute to world production. It’s also produced in California, Japan, Chile, and Peru due to the similar dry weather in the Pacific.
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