> it's cheaper to raze down old olive orchards and just plant new ones Sure there are a lot of mass production olive oil across southern europe consisting of '

> it's cheaper to raze down old olive orchards and just plant new ones Sure there are a lot of mass production olive oil across southern europe consisting of 'young' olive trees. However, I don't think you realize how much history there is associated with some olive orchards and how old some of these trees are (multiple centuries old). To have a disease wipe these trees or voluntarily chop them down would be a huge heritage loss.