http://munchies.vice.com/articles/its-time-to-start-hoarding-your-precious-italian-olive-oil
If you’re anything like me, this article could easily be re-named “The World is Ending.” 2014 will now be known as “The Black Year of Italian Oil” because of the series of devastating weather events which caused the Italian olive crop to suffer. Now, the price of extra-virgin Italian olive oil (you know, the good stuff) is expected to drastically rise. Not only that, but mis-labeling and misrepresentation is also predicted to soar. In an industry where 70% of extra-virgin Italian olive oil isn’t actual what it says it is, us Americans may not see the real thing for at least this coming year.
I fear that climate change may cause more weather events such as those that struck the Mediterranean to jeopardize specialty crops that are only grown in certain areas of the world. As we lose these specialty crops, we may lose some of the items which are at the root of cultural identity. Imagine Italy with no extra-virgin olive oil!
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Shawn, it is so interesting that you bring up global warming and the changing weather patterns into this discussion. Such implications of global warming are often neglected, however, as weather conditions begin to get more and more severe (like Italy’s devastating weather), we many experience issues producing and accessing some of our favorite foods. I feel as though consumers often forget that our food comes from a farm that deals with the ups and downs of weather conditions. If weather conditions become too cold or hot for a certain crop, we may lose access to that particular commodity in the future as global warming continues to wreck havoc.
I find it really interesting that the world has yet to find some artificial way to grow olives, since their raw product and their oil is so popular in many different places. With a crop that’s less than the total exports of last year, it will certainly be interesting to see what happens with prices and labeling of olive oil.