An Olive for Life

................. knows when the Mediterraneans first fell in love with olives because it was before people wrote and kept records.

The Mediterranean countries still ......... 99% of the world's olive oil with Spain being the world's biggest producer.

From ancient times .......... today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same.

Many olive growers keep their ancient traditions and still harvest the olives ....... hand.

Ancient civilisations used olive oil ........ money and medicine.

........... days, it is still used in religious ceremonies as it was in ancient times.

One important study showed that Mediterranean people have the ........ hearts in the western world.

The olive oil producing countries now sell large ......... of olive oil to countries in Europe.

Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere when it is part of a well-balanced ..........

Luckily, the Mediterranean people are happy to ........ their secret with the world.