About Us

At Kibbutz Gezer Olives, we grow olives organically and sustainably, without any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. We have four main types of olive trees: Suri, Nabali, Barnea, and Shimlali, each with its own special characteristics and taste. They are cold-pressed at a local olive press and bottled here on the kibbutz. We also grow zaatar and other herbs, lemons, produce olive oil soap and pickled eating olives. We do our best to improve the soil and the ecology.

Since the orchard is small, encompassing about 40 dunam (10 acres), each of the 1400 olive trees gets special care and attention. Interspersed among the olives are other trees- figs, pomegranates, carobs, cypress, eucalyptus, almonds and more. We have also planted 50 forest-type trees as a shelter barrier. Each winter at Tu B’Shvat (the Jewish holiday for trees), we plant more trees as a reminder of our obligation to respect and maintain nature.

The farmwork is done by kibbutz folk, both members and their offspring, as well as friends and volunteers who come for the experience. This is not by chance. In spite of all the changes in kibbutz society , we still maintain some of the ideals that were the mainstay of kibbutz ideology. We believe in the importance of self-labor and maintaining our connection with the land. Just as important, we want to avoid the exploitation of others, especially those workers who have limited rights and little power to claim what is due to them.

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