CARACARA FARM

My search for pure, organic olive oil started in the fall of 2001, when an olive tree salesman from San Antonio, whose name was Osama, sold me six Arbequina olive trees. Osama told me that the olives from Arbequina trees produce a light olive oil that caresses the palate with a smooth buttery, nutty taste, and that Arbequinas would thrive in Central Texas... The notion of wildcatting for oil--OLIVE OIL--appealed to me, and by Christmas of that fate-filled year, Osama had dropped out of sight, but not before leaving instructions to 'Dig Here' and 'Dig There'. I did dig, and dig and dig and dig. First one hole, then I moved five feet up the row and dug the second hole... Shortly after I'd planted my olive trees, I consulted two California olive growers, who told me that, "The only oil in Texas is black," and, "Texas doesn't have the kind of weather or soil necessary to grow olive trees."