You may have noticed that the weather in Europe this year has been very hot and dry. The drought that has resulted from those conditions has put olive trees under tremendous stress, and wildfires have caused even more stress on olive orchards. The result is that olive oil from Europe is very expensive and hard to come by, and some products are even being fraudulently mixed with other oils. You can view a video and read the transcript at The Weather Channel at https://weather.com/home-garden/food/video/how-extreme-weather-in-spain-spiked-olive-oil-prices.
