Benefiting:  Olive Milling Steps:  Step 1. Dump picked olives into hopper, where a conveyor takes them through a brief leaf removal and rinsing cycle. Then they enter:  The hammer mill that grinds them up, seeds and all, into an emulsified paste that will be worked for about 45 minutes, until the emulsion starts to break down and the water and oil start to separate. It then will be pumped to the:  Horizontal centrifuge (notice the 2" hose full of olive paste coming in on the lower left of the picture). Spinning at 45,000 rpm this gives a rough separation of the solid matter, the oil, and the watery components that are pumped out through the screen in the middle of the picture. The partially processed oil is then moved to a final centrifuge...  ...moving at 55,000 rpm that gives a final separation of oil from water and a final particulate removal down one micron! Here the beautifully green stuff trickles clean as a whistle into a receptacle. |
Thank you to everyone who helped make the first Kelseyville Olive Festival a huge success with over 40 vendors and over 1000 in attendance! Sunday March 21, 2010 from 11am to 5pm at the Kelseyville Olive Mill 5625 Gaddy Lane KelseyvilleExperience a day of family fun focused on the magnificent olive. Tour the Kelseyville Olive Mill and 7 acre olive orchard while learning about the history, cultivation, processing, types, uses, and health benefits of olives and olive products. Sample products and vote for your favorite, get involved in an olive oil sensory evaluation or cooking demo, visit arts and crafts booths, and join the fun in our olive pit-spitting contest! There will also be a silent auction and a raffle. The event is free! Beer and wine tasting will be available for a fee. Proceeds will benefit the Lake Family Resource Center.
Mythology of the Olive"Athens is named for the Goddess Athena who brought the olive to the Greeks as a gift. Zeus had promised to give Attica to the god or goddess who made the most useful invention. Athena's gift of the olive, useful for light, heat, food, medicine and perfume was picked as a more peaceful invention than Poseidon's horse - touted as a rapid and powerful instrument of war. Athena planted the original olive tree on a rocky hill, which we know today as the Acropolis. The olive tree that grows there today is said to have come from the roots of the original tree." Olive Oil Source Discover why the olive tree was considered the most useful gift of the gods at the…  Kelseyville is located in the heart of Lake County, part of California's North Coast Viticultural Area, just north of Napa Valley and east of Mendocino County. Kelseyville is graced by Clear Lake, the largest natural lake in California, and shadowed by Mt. Konocti, an ancient dormant volcano.
For more information about the Kelseyville Olive Festival call 707-279-0483 or email
Download a vendor packet Food vendors please submit Lake County Health Department Temporary Food Permit Click here to become a sponsor Donate to our raffle or silent auction here  Jeff Smith, offers a tour of the Kelseyville Olive Mill during the first Kelseyville Olive Festival. |
