"EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OLIVES - BUYING TREES, CULTURE,

HARVESTING, PROCESSING, COOKING, ENJOYING!" will be the topic at the Santa

Barbara Organic Garden Club's free presentation Wednesday, January 16 at 7

p.m. at the Community Environmental Council Gildea Center at 930 Miramonte

Drive in Santa Barbara.

The speaker will be Theo Williams, an organic olive farmer from the Santa

Ynez Valley. Ms. Williams is a member of the California Olive Oil Council and

President of Global Gardens, a company whose products include locally-grown

and imported gourmet delicacies.  Come and explore the fine points of getting

involved with one of the most sacred and revered life-sustaining trees on the

planet Earth.  As Solon decreed, "The olive fruit is the greatest cure for

any problem of life."

For more info call 805 563-2089