As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean's century-old trees
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Two men wait to unload olives into a loading bin at an olive oil mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A man unloads olives into a loading bin as others look on at an olive oil mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A machine sprays water over the olives at an olive oil mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A worker unloads olives into a loading bin as others look on at an olive oil mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Neilos Papachristou, left, who runs the olive mill and nearby grove in a fourth-generation family business, stands with a worker at a machine in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A tank is filled with olive at an olive mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Flamour Metaj, a worker from Albania, fills a tank with olive at an olive mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Konstantinos Markou, an olive grower, reveals the stump of an olive tree cut down by robbers, in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Konstantinos Markou, an olive grower, patrols his own grove, in Peania suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A plane takes off as the olive groves surround the city's international airport, in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Workers use electric combs to harvest olives from a tree as the sun rises in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A worker uses an electric comb to harvest olives from a tree in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A worker spreads a collection net during the harvest of olives in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A worker uses an electric comb to harvest olives from a tree in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Olives hang on a tree during the harvest period in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)A worker collects olives during the harvest period in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Olives are collected during the harvest period in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Workers load olives on a van during the harvest period in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Two men wait to unload olives into a loading bin at an olive oil mill in Spata suburb, east of Athens, Greece, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Across the Mediterranean, warm winters, massive floods, and forest fires are hurting a tradition that has thrived for centuries. Olive oil production has been hammered by the effects of climate change, causing a surge in prices for southern Europe's healthy staple. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
