Amsterdam Oud-West, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Senior PMO bij GVB and Board Member Jong GVB
"Three years ago we made a romantic tour of Sicily. We soon became charmed by the authentic atmosphere, the robust landscape and the Sicilian cuisine.
Near the village of Corleone we stayed a few days at Orsola. A true Sicilian "business woman" with a rich family history. Her great-grandmother did not care about the prejudices of the Sicilian men and, as the first businesswoman in Sicily, started her own production of organic olive oil. After a long struggle, the product exists as 4 generations with the strong Orsola at the helm.
A hundred-year-old olive grove surrounds her country house. She combines traditional life with modern techniques of today. The olives are harvested by hand, cold-pressed and no chemical or genetically modified components are used. For example, she hangs sardines in the tree to keep the mosquitoes away from her precious olives. And these are not just olives ...
Orsola strives to improve the production of olive oil with respect for the environment and committed to organic farming methods. The olive oil also has a label and meets the EU rules for organic farming.
Her way of working and the end product left a great impression on us."