Oil and cooperative – 3ATUR 22/23

The olive trees came to the Lario area in Roman times, brought by Greek settlers. We find traces of their presence in the municipal statutes that document the spread of this cultivation. Since their origin they have had an enormous mercantile importance. The location on the lake, behind the mountains, helped their growth, protecting them from cold winds and favouring their exposure to the sun, proved to be beneficial for the fruits.
At the beginning oil’s production was destined for lighting, the so-called lamp oil, so it wasn’t important that it was good quality, and the focus of production was mainly based on quantity.
In the second half of the last century some pioneers revived the land with terraces in phase of abandonment, restarting planting olive trees more carefully.