PBS NewsHour

January 18, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

January 18, 2020 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Disease threatens Italy’s once booming olive oil industry

8m 12s

More than a third of olive oil in the U.S. comes from Italy, which has kept a longstanding reputation for quality. But the quantity of olive oil made in the south of Italy has been in sharp decline. A disease in the region of Puglia has been attacking olive trees, decimating the industry and causing Italy to import olive oil for the first time. Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports.

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