Registration for the certified green crack olives in Kazdağları has begun.

In Balıkesir's Kazdağları, the sieving process has begun for the green streaked olives with a geographical indication. Edremit Gulf Olive Producers Federation President Mehmet Semerci explained the sieving and color sorting processes for the Edremit Gulf green streaked olives, which have begun to be harvested. Semerci noted that the olives are collected by shaking them off the branches this season, "This season, the olives are shaken off the branches. When the branches are shaken, the olives fall onto the tarpaulin. Then they are collected in crates and brought from the field. Afterwards, they are sieved, and in this sieving process we do at the back, the olives are sorted into different sizes. For us, the number of grains is important; there are classes like 280, 220, and 300. As the number increases, the caliber of the olive decreases. This is how we classify them," he said. Semerci emphasized the importance of the meticulous selection of defective olives by women workers with ...