{"id":694696,"date":"2023-11-06T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=694696"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:05:06","slug":"whats-the-history-behind-south-lebanons-olive-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/694696\/whats-the-history-behind-south-lebanons-olive-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s The History Behind South Lebanon’s Olive Trees?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those who don’t know, Lebanon is home to some of the oldest olive trees in the world. Native to the region, olive trees hold great historical significance and are a means to reconnect with our ancestors who planted them.<\/p>

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According to The BAAL Project<\/a>, a family run initiative that is supporting Lebanese olive oil production, olive cultivation in Lebanon dates all the way back to 1600 B.C., and its produce was later introduced to countries across the Mediterranean from Tyre of Phoenicia<\/a>. <\/p>

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