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Frescobaldi releases olive oil made by prisoners

Revered Italian wine producer Frescobaldi has partnered with a group of prisoners in Florence on an olive oil made from trees within the prison grounds.

18/03/2016

Working with agronomists from Frescobaldi, inmates at Sollicciano have produced 300 bottles of Olio degli Incontri priced at €19 per 250ml bottle.
As part of the project, the prisoners tended to the olive groves in the prison grounds, where 200 new olive trees have been planted to expand production.

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