Anyone interested in splitting a case? Or perhaps we could a case or two, divide it amongst those of us who would like to buy some, and sell the rest at our table? It doesn't say how much is in a case; I'm assuming 12? If anyone is interested, I could pick it up....Let me know. Hilary
>HAPPY NEW YEAR from HOLY LAND OLIVE OIL! > >Holy Land Olive Oil - Excellent Organic Extra Virgin >Olive Oil at a Great Price! > >Our next shipment, from the 2004/05 harvest, is due in >mid-February 2005. Please contact us now to place >your pre-paid order at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The olive branch is a universally recognized symbol of >peace, and, since ancient times, the olive tree has >held deep significance in the culture and economy of >the Holy Land. Today olive oil represents more than >one third of agricultural production in the West Bank. >Olive oil has become an increasingly significant >source of nutrition and income for Palestinian >families under occupation. > >WHY IS BUYING THIS OLIVE OIL IMPORTANT? > >Due to increased restrictions on the mobility of >people, goods and services over the past four years, >Palestinians are facing severe losses in production, >employment and income. Many have lost jobs in Israel, >while others can no longer access workplaces in >neighboring villages and cities within the West Bank >as a result of checkpoints, road closures and curfews. > >With unemployment currently standing at 55%, olive oil >has become the only annual source of income for many >families. Your purchase of this delicious, flavorful, >and distinctive olive oil helps Palestinian farmers >whose livelihoods have been devastated by Israeli >policies of closure and war. > >"One way to help is marketing the olive oil. Don,t >send just food. The thing is to feel that we work. >Life is not only food. It's important to feel like >we're doing something." Mayor of Rummana, July 22, 2003 > >WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? > >Olive oil in the West Bank is produced by thousands of >family farmers and dozens of local cooperatives. >Farmers benefit greatly from the support and expertise >of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees >(P.A.R.C - www.pal-arc.org), a nonprofit, >non-governmental organization that works to promote >Palestinian olive oil as a viable industry. PARC >assists at every stage of the olive oil production >process, from helping farmers to reclaim rocky land, >conserve water and implement sensible environmental >practices (such as re-cropping, dry-land farming and >recycling of waste materials) to setting up regional >laboratories where they can test their oil. As >neither Israel nor Jordan (the two natural markets) >currently accept Palestinian olive oil, PARC has >developed relationships with European customers, such >as OXFAM Belgium, establishing an overseas market that >otherwise would be inaccessible to small-scale >farmers. > >Our next shipment of oil comes from the following >agricultural cooperatives in the Salfit and Ramallah >areas: The Keerah Organic Cooperative; the >Koufer-el-Deek Cooperative; Bedeah Cooperative, Beit >Reema Cooperative, and the National Cooperative >Association of Taybeh in Ramallah. The olive oil is >produced in the traditional manner, without the use of >pesticides or chemicals. PARC is currently working >with international agricultural organizations to >obtain organic certification for the olive oil, a >process that is expected to take approximately one >year. By definition, "Extra Virgin Olive Oil" is a >virgin olive oil of absolutely perfect flavor, color >and aroma that has a maximum acidity, in terms of free >oleic acid content, of less than 1% (1 gram per 100 >grams). Because both light and heat are known enemies >of olive oil, Holy Land Olive Oil comes in a dark >green glass bottle that is optimal for storage. > >WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? > >Holy Land Olive Oil was the first company to import >Palestinian olive oil to the United States. Our goal >is to develop into a sustainable commercial enterprise >that can make a tangible difference in the lives of >the producers and the cooperatives. A minimum of 10% >percent of the proceeds of our sales, above and beyond >the purchase price of the oil, shipping and other >expenses, is donated back to the cooperatives for >local projects of their choosing. Proceeds from the >sale of our most recent shipment went to the Ibda'a >Community Center to support a school book-bag program. > >The minimum purchase for all orders is three bottles. For buyers in the >greater Boston area, there will be a >local pick-up location. For buyers in the greater New >England/Northeast areas, there will be regional >pick-up locations. If you would like to purchase oil, >but live outside the region, please contact us. We >encourage you to get your orders in as soon as >possible, as we will process requests on a >first-come-first-served basis. For more info about >this year's olive harvest go to: >http://www.poica.org/casestudies/Olive%20Season%201-11-2004 > >Susie Rivo and Tania Maxwell Holy Land Olive Oil - New England/Northeast >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >ORDER FORM: 750 ml. 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