UC Davis Launches Olive Research Center

Dan Flynn, executive director of the University of California, Davis, Olive Center, pours olive oil into a sampling glass at the Davis, Calif. campus, Thursday, March 6, 2008. The newly created olive institute will be a resource to delve into essential questions about olive production and consumption. California growers produce about a half million gallons of olive oil each year, with production to increase fivefold in the next five years.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)