Adopt an olive tree that we cultivate under the Organic Farming regulations of the European Union since 2014. During the process of adoption you can choose a name that we will engrave on a plaque and hang on your tree. We offer you the adoption of one of our olive trees from the “Bastide du Laval” farm, we will name it and send you your yearly harvest in the form of cold extracted organic extra virgen olive oil. Our farm covers 15 hectares of land and 4,000 olive trees. We are have an organic certification and furthermore obtained the “Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée AOC Provence” designation (Controlled Designation of Origin of the Provence region). Over the course of the years the work on our olive farm was awarded by various different committees (10 gold medals from Concours Général Agricole de Paris, further gold medals from Concours PACA in Marseille, Brignoles, Draguignan, Nyons and even in Tuscany). Moreover our olive oil is used by numerous star chefs such as the chefs of the Elysée Palace and the Senate. __The tree and its harvest:__ Our trees are still young; they are between 18 and 20 years old. It is important to note that an olive tree enters its adult phase and optimal production stage at about 35 years old. They will only retire at 150 years old! They bear an average of 20kg of olives per year. The olive oil is extracted directly from the freshly harvested olives without any delay and exclusively using mechanical processes. The cold extraction allows us to receive around 4 liters of extra virgin olive oil per tree. Between mid-October and mid-November the harvest and oil extraction run parallel. We mainly cultivate olives of the variety Aglandau. It is the typical variety of the Luberon which is ideally harvested at the beginning of the season (mid October to beginning of November) and will develop very herbal aromas with a characteristic bitterness and spiciness. On our farm, we can also find the Bouteillan variety, which is similar to the Aglandau with regards to its herbal aromas but with a less intense bitterness and spiciness. The Salonenque and the Cayon will bring softness and balance to the herbal power of the Aglandau. To end with, the Picholine variety is very particular and yields extremely different aromas depending on when it is harvested. We use it mainly for our ripe and fruity oils and “olives maturées” but also for our tapenades and table olives. We collect the olives respecting and protecting the fauna that lives in our olive grove, especially the birds. This is why we have signed [the manifesto for the protection of migratory birds in olive groves](http://bit.ly/2MML0Eg). The productive life of an olive tree is around 150 years. For as long as you want to keep it and we can continue taking care of it, you can renew your adoption year after year. If your olive tree dies, we will replace it with no additional cost and assuring the delivery of your harvest from others. Each olive tree produces an average of 4l of Organic extra virgin olive oil per season.

We will send you the box you have chosen in the adoption process. __Big box: __ * 8 x Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (0,5l tinted glass bottles) __Small box: __ * 4 x Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (0,5l tinted glass bottles) Each of the boxes is divided evenly: * __Cuvée "ARDENCE"__: Organic extra virgin olive oil. This oil is fruity and has an intense and unique green color (made of Aglandau, Salonenque, Bouteillan and Cayon olives) Our Ardence olive oil is pure olive juice! Olives are hand-picked on selected plots and ground within the hour, without any heat. The olive paste is neither warmed nor kneaded. This way, we ensure phenol and antioxidants from the olives remain. You will notice herbs and plants flavours (crude artichokes and tomato leaves). * __Cuvée « ORIGINE »__: Fruity, green organic olive oil, cold pressed. Awarded with the silver medal of the Concours Général Agricole de Paris in 2019. Flavours of freshly cut herbs and artichoke leafs. You will receive your harvest personalized with the name you've chosen in the moment of adoption.

Please, check the deadline for participating in this project (deadline for adoption) below. As of this date the Farmer will start preparing the orders that are to be shipped. You may select the delivery date of your box as suggested by the Farmer at check-out.

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