Olive Harvest - NYU Florence

Every Fall semester NYU Florence students have the special opportunity to participate in the olive harvest on campus. The olive oil we produce at Villa La Pietra is a particularly good version of the Tuscan olive oil that is famous the world over. The Villa La Pietra gardening staff starts the event by looking at olive trees and discussing their importance within Tuscan culture. We then harvest olives to work up an appetite for the traditional harvest lunch held in the olive grove. The day ends with an explanation of to how the harvested olives are pressed to release their liquid gold and the chance to taste a range of very different olive oils from across Italy.
We would like to thank the Istituto Professionale Alberghiero B.Buontalenti in Florence for their collaboration in the event.
Event video footage provided by Cosimo Falcone, IPSSEOA-Buontalenti student.
Post Production and interview footage by the Florence Digital Studio with NYU Florence students Olivia Stewart (interview production assistance) and Jocelynn Coyne (editing and post-production).