about us

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Oliveto Mistri is a small family-owned company located in Leonforte (a small town in the heart of Sicily) dealing with organic olive and extra virgin olive oil production since 1969. 
It was founded by our grandfather and represents a connecting element with our homeland and its tradition.

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business

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The farm spreads over a surface of 3 hectares covered by almost 500 Moresca olive trees.
The yearly production is about 15.000 KG of olives/ 2.500 L of olive oil.
The firm’s small size allows us to exclusively focus on the product quality, a condition which requires a thorough knowledge of every single plant, extraordinary care and attention during each phase of cultivation and production processes.

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Growing process

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Olive trees are grown with traditional agronomic techniques respectful of the environment and based on the organic farming principles, such as pruning and green manure: the former allows to naturally affect the way plants fructify in order to mitigate the alternation of the olive tree's natural productivity; the latter allows to enrich soil by means of cover crop, like for example legumes. 
Olives are harvested precociously compared to the ripening stages of olives, when still mainly green, in order to ensure the right compromise between acidity level, polyphenol quantity and olive yield. During the harvest we use means such as rake and nets in order to avoid to damage our olive trees.