Tuccioliva

The many hundreds of farmers of the San Amador Cooperative cultivate the olive groves of Martos, a town in the province of Jaén, Southern Spain.

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The many hundreds of farmers of the San Amador Cooperative cultivate the olive groves of Martos, a town in the province of Jaén, Southern Spain.

The San Amador Coop was formed in 1960 to help small and medium-sized, family-owned olive farms in the area. In the beginning, farmers continued to use the traditional method of harvesting and pressing olives using wicker baskets and the local olive press. In 1994, the Coop undertook an important modernization of its facilities and technology and today its olives are harvested and pressed using modern, ecologically sustainable practices. The Coop now boasts more than 700 individual farmers working on close to 7,500 acres ( 3,000+ Hectares) of land, which produce an average of more than 29 million pounds (13.5 million kilos) of olives and 6.6 million pound (3 million kilos) of oil.