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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Alison Hird

No stone left unturned for makers of Paris region's first olive oil

Members of the Malakolives collective show off their final "Born to be olive" product. © Vincent Chevrier

When life gives you olives, make olive oil. That's exactly what a group of neighbours on the outskirts of Paris have done – turning fruit from their garden trees that was dropping to waste into the region's very first olive oil.

The Paris region already produces its own beer, wine and cheese. Thanks to the ambition of residents in the southern suburb of Malakoff, it can now add olive oil to that list – a modest 50 litres, but it marks a beginning.

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