Olive tree grove of Sierra Morena

Olive tree grove of the Sierra (mountain)

Effort and perseverance of generations of farmers...

have been necessary to cultivate in so sheer hills. The olive tree groves that fill up our mountains offer an unique and spectacular landscape. The Olive tree. It is an old and loyal friend for our people. From it, sprout such as olives, an entire economy and culture with a great impact in Los Pedroches’ area.

The tradition of Sierra Morena
Most of the olive tree groves of the Sierra de Los Pedroches are from the first half and the second half of the 19th century, having as historical basis the civil disentailment and the legitimation of the plough made in La Concordia meadows.

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Characteristics of our Organic Olive tree grove

The olive tree groves of Los Pedroches are located in the heart of Sierra Morena and the physical geography is typical of this area: it is rough and rugged, placed in a zone of steep slope, with an average of 40%, reaching up to 80%.

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Organic Sierra of Los Pedroches
The principal characteristic of the olive tree grove “LOS PEDROCHES”, is defined by its topography; since it is located in Sierra Morena the olive tree grove Los Pedroches is commonly called as “olive tree grove of sierra”. Los Pedroches valley is indeed a granite peneplain surrounded by metamorphic rocks (slates).
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Organic production system
The specific conditions of the area will influence on the production system, and specially, the cultivation of organic olive tree grove. The olive tree grove of Los Pedroches cannot be considered indeed as a monoculture because it includes also a large number of tree species (holm oak, cork oak, pine, gall oak,...) and of bushes species (rock rose, thyme, mastic tree, chaparreras...) located in intersperse areas of olive tree grove, on borderlines and in areas of steep slope. The result of all of these specific conditions is a different and an atypical landscape from the traditional olive grove of the countryside.

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