From Waste to Liquid Gold: How the Olive Tree Liquid Fertilizer Machine is Solving a Hidden Crisis
The Growing Need for Better Nutrition Olive trees are famous for being tough, but they are also "picky eaters." If you want to produce the finest olive oil, you cannot just plant a tree and walk away. Throughout the year, the tree’s needs change. In the spring, it needs energy to grow new silver-green leaves. In the summer, it needs minerals to make the fruit grow large and full of oil. Today, many farmers face a big problem: traditional solid fertilizers often do not work well enough. These hard pellets can stay on the ground for a long time without melting. If a heavy rain comes, the fertilizer washes away into rivers and causes water pollution. This is bad for the environment and a waste of money for the farmer. At the same time, the process of making olive oil creates a lot of leftovers, like pomace and wastewater. In the past, people threw this away as trash. This is a missed opportunity. We need a way to feed the trees without hurting the environment. This is why the Ol...