The Kanje brothers reclaimed the olive groves planted by their father without knowing if they were productive, and ended up obtaining an olive oil harvest.

In 2001, when INTA classified the San Matías Gulf region -east of Río Negro province- as having ideal conditions for olive production, both due to its climate and soil, one of the first to dare to be part of the pilot tests was Claudio Kanje. On his small six-hectare farm, located in the town of San Antonio Este, the producer planted the first olive plants during 2002, to which he added more between 2004 and 2005. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2008, long before he could see if those predictions by the technicians were true or not. “When dad died, the plantation was left adrift. It wasn’t watered properly, there was no infrastructure made, and my mom kept it going as best she could. At that time I was living in Buenos Aires and my brother worked in another area not related to production,” recalled Diego Kanje, in conversation with Bichos de Campo. “In 2016 I decided to return, feeling that my place was there in San Antonio, and I started taking care of the farm again without ...