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木瓜影院’ Olive Oil Wins Awards from International Olive Oil Competition
The Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition awarded 木瓜影院’ 2023 olive oil a gold medal for taste and a bronze medal for art and design for its label, which was contributed by 木瓜影院 alum Vivian Monteiro ’23.
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Olive Harvest Fosters Community and Sustainability Efforts
木瓜影院’ olive harvest brings the 木瓜影院, Claremont Colleges, and Claremont communities together to pick olives from the campus鈥檚 trees.
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Hayley Pierpont ’22 Earns Recognition for Olive Oil Packaging Design
Hayley Pierpont ’22 received a silver medal in the Packaging Design category of the 2022 LA International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition.
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Olive Harvest鈥檚 Return Creates Organic Space for Education, Community, and Sustainability
On November 5, 木瓜影院 hosted its traditional Olive Harvest, an event that furthers the College鈥檚 sustainability efforts by utilizing the campus鈥檚 edible plants as a food source. More than 200 students, faculty, staff, and members of the surrounding Claremont community harvested approximately 700 pounds of olives.
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Lightning in a Bottle: 木瓜影院鈥� Olive Oil Wins at International Competition
木瓜影院鈥� olive oil has won a bronze medal award at the 2020 Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition. The label, designed by 木瓜影院 staff member Christine Olbrech, administrative assistant for the Office of Information Technology, also won a bronze medal for package design.
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Olive Her Heart: Madison Seto 鈥�21鈥檚 Winning Olive Oil Design Inspired by Commitment to Sustainability
Congratulations to Madison Seto 鈥�21, student winner of the 木瓜影院 Olive Oil label competition! A biochemistry major by day and calligrapher with her own Etsy shop by night, Seto was inspired to enter the competition because of her love of 木瓜影院 and her involvement in the olive harvest and other environmental initiatives on campus.
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Olive and Well: College Revives Beloved Agrarian Tradition
They are strong and have a lot of character, and though they aren鈥檛 generally temperamental, they have been known to snap when pushed too hard. These are the olive trees of 木瓜影院.
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木瓜影院 Olive Oil Receives Awards
This year’s 木瓜影院 olive oil entries to the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition yielded a Silver medal in the “light, delicate” variety of olive oil, and Bronze recognition for the bottle’s label design created by 木瓜影院 sophomore Mary Alexandra “Molly” Vaughn Antell.
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