Extra Virgin Olive Oil is obtained from the Olive , a fruit of the OLIVE TREE.
Olive Tree is native to the Mediterranean basin and can grow well only in that area thanks to the special clime conditions.
His origin has more then 3000 years when was extracted from Olives in the Eastern Mediterranean (Iran) and spread from Syria to Greece until Egypt, then Olive trees were planted in the entire Mediterranean basin during the Roman empire (in dark green color the actual cultivation of Olive Tree in Mediterranean area).