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Greetings from Fat Gold:
Who makes your olive oil?
Kathryn makes it!
Robin makes it!
Kathryn and Robin make it together!
The olive harvest is here. It’s been a whirlwhind season. As we mentioned in our last Field Report, it started early, so, even though November has just dawned, we already have fourteen batches under our belts. That means we’re a bit over halfway done. As we began, in early October, the San Joaquin Valley was still baking in the summer heat. Now, it’s cooled down, and heavy clouds bring sprinklings of rain.
Here’s Kathryn celebrating some of the first fruit we received this year, dark fat frantoio:
And here’s the oil we liberated from those olives in the Fat Gold mill, glowing, as always, that hyperreal harvest green:
Of course, alongside our milling, we’re shipping your orders from the online shop.
We’ve been making some exceptional oil this season, and we’re in high spirits. To celebrate… here’s a discount code!
HARVESTHIGH
You can enter that code at checkout. Until November 16, it’s good for 10% off anything in the Fat Gold Shop:
Here are some additional advisories relevant to the coming holiday season:
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This season, we got our hands on an olive variety that has eluded us for several years. That oil will go out to annual subscribers in our upcoming December batch. You can purchase a gift subscription for someone who might appreciate California extra virgin olive oil, or start an ongoing subscription for yourself.
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Fat Gold makes a great holiday gift for clients and teams! We can take your list of customers and/or colleagues and start them all on an annual subscription, or just send them a Super Fresh Gift Set, with a special gift message included. We’ll happily walk you through the options and help you set it up; just reply to this email, or send a separate message to robin@fat.gold.
In this harvest, there’s a bit of romance, sure…
…and many tons of olives, obviously…
…but most of all, there’s washing.
We’re working long days in a loud (LOUD!) room to make all the California extra virgin olive oil we’ll send to you for the next year. It’s pretty amazing when we pause to think about it—a whole year’s worth of health and deliciousness, produced in this six-week scramble.
Who makes your olive oil? We do!
The online shop is open…
…and the mill is roaring!
FG