          National Geographic Photo of the Day: Olive Harvest

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Glen Ellen, California, 1996 Photograph by Ira Block Olives are
harvested by hand each November at California&#039s B.R. Cohn Winery.
The technique for harvesting the bitter fruit may vary from orchard to
orchard, but it is usually a strenuous task as workers strip the olives
by hand or beat the branches with sticks. Once the olives fall, they
are gathered and crushed, then either pressed or spun in a centrifuge
in order to extract the precious oil.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not
published in, "Olive Oil: Elixir of the Gods," September 1999, National
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