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May 12, 2023 49 mins
Olive oil is a staple of Italian cuisine and some of the country's best drops come from Umbria. Here communities take part in centuries old traditions and rituals to extract precious oil from fruit grown on the region's many hillsides.

Our friends at La Cuccagna, an agriturismo near Gubbio, share their experiences picking and harvesting olives in their idyllic part of the world. 

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