The little gift shop, specializing in olive products, provides
a plethora of healthy, environmentally friendly and multiply useful
products, ideal for mementos. In addition to the Oleastro products,
visitors can find a large collection of cosmetics and beauty products
based on olive oil (for the body and hair care), a luxurious series
of china in the most elegant olive motifs, local herbs, a variety
of books, paintings and cards related to the Cyprus landscape, various
olive varieties and tapenade, table cloths, kitchen utensils and
glasses in olive designs and many more.
The organic olive oil Oleastro sold at the Olive Gift Shop comes
from the organic olive grove Oleastro where the ‘koroneiki’ variety
of olive trees, renowned as one of the best to gain olive oil out
of and very rich in flavor and aroma, is cultivated with all our
love and care without any chemical products according to EU 2092/91
(for organic farming) in the serenity of the organic olive grove
‘Oleastro’. Being in the countryside, 3km outside the village, but
mainly remote from any other conventional farming fields, the location
is ideal for organic farming.
Why organic?
Organic farming is an alternative to conventional farming. It uses
no pesticides or chemical fertilizers that contaminate our soil
and water. It creates a healthier and more sustainable environment
for us all.
The EU Common Agro-Environmental Policy illustrates the importance
of the organic cultivation of the olive tree promoted by the European
Union. There is the need for environmental friendly restructuring
of agricultural production and there is the need to improve the
use of natural resources and ecological processes, which constrain
the environmental pollution caused by conventional agricultural
practices.
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