Field Report: Notes From Our Regenerative Organic Certified Farm

A Bigger World of Olive Oil - Frantoio Grove
A Bigger World of Olive Oil
Great olive oil can be green and peppery, soft and floral, or ripe and savory. Verdant, Delicate and Rustic are our way of talking about a much bigger world of... Read more...
A New Harvest, A New Canvas: Six Years of Artist Labels at Frantoio Grove - Frantoio Grove
A New Harvest, A New Canvas: Six Years of Artist Labels at Frantoio Grove
For six harvests, Frantoio Grove has invited artists to turn each seasonal Olio Nuovo bottle into something new. Patrick Martin traces how the series grew—from a quick geometric experiment to... Read more...
Frantoio Grove olive oil gift set arranged in a hand-stamped gift box
Olio Nuovo Makes a Special Holiday Gift
Fresh Olio Nuovo is a seasonal gift that belongs on the table. A California grower and miller reflects on who to give it to, how to present it and why... Read more...
The Oil We Wait For: Making Olio Nuovo at Frantoio Grove - Frantoio Grove
The Oil We Wait For: Making Olio Nuovo at Frantoio Grove
A grower and miller’s account of making Olio Nuovo—from a year in the grove and 90 minutes to the mill to the first vivid green oil of harvest. Read more...
This Oil Fights Climate Change (And We Can Prove It) - Frantoio Grove
This Oil Fights Climate Change (And We Can Prove It)
A California olive farmer explains how regenerative agriculture measurably pulls carbon from the air and into the ground, and why your grocery run actually matters. Read more...
Harvest Notes 2025 - Frantoio Grove
Harvest Notes 2025
Harvest Olives are naturally alternate bearing, meaning it is typical to have a heavy year followed by a light year. After our previous year’s record harvest, we were expecting a... Read more...
Meet Our Team - Frantoio Grove
Meet Our Team
Why we do this (a letter from Patrick and the trees) I didn’t set out to make olive oil, I set out to stay connected. To the land, to my... Read more...
Field Report: Regenerative Orchard Management & Organic Pest Control - Frantoio Grove
Field Report: Regenerative Orchard Management & Organic Pest Control
This blog explores how regenerative practices, focusing on metabolic health and nitrogen efficiency, are helping to naturally control the olive fly in an organic orchard. By reducing dependence on organic... Read more...
Remarkable Olive Tree Growth In Late Summer: How Soil Biology And Mineral Balancing Lead To Sustainable Success - Frantoio Grove
Remarkable Olive Tree Growth In Late Summer: How Soil Biology And Mineral Balancing Lead To Sustainable Success
The Geese Are Flying The other day, my dad asked me about a project in the mill. I told him I hadn’t started on it yet, but I planned to... Read more...
The History and Methods of Holistic Management - Frantoio Grove
The History and Methods of Holistic Management
Table of contents Understanding Holistic Management What is Holistic Management, Anyways? The Significance of Holistic Management in Modern Agriculture The Pioneers of Holistic Management Allan Savory - The Originator Early... Read more...
How Sheep Support Regenerative Agriculture in Our Orchard - Frantoio Grove
How Sheep Support Regenerative Agriculture in Our Orchard
In April of 2024 we brought a small flock of sheep into our orchard. We started with ten and then grew to 30 (and a llama!) . We outline our... Read more...
The Soil Health Principles of Regenerative Agriculture - Frantoio Grove
The Soil Health Principles of Regenerative Agriculture
A set of principles for soil health were developed over the past century by pioneers of agriculture who saw a better future for our field. Their ideas have been refined... Read more...