Liquid gold – Claire and Jade’s Song Writing idea
Possible Title of song “Liquid Gold”
Due to extreme weather and disease, a severe blow has been dealt to communities in olive growing regions. In the UK we have seen the results this far down the line as increased prices, but livelihoods are suffering. Ancient olive trees in Salento, Italy are dying due to the disease Xylella fastidiosa.
El Olivi is a wonderful Spanish film we discovered a few years back about a family trying to recover an ancient olive tree. Details on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3655972/
Health benefits of olive oil https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-benefits-of-olive-oil
Article Liquid Gold: low harvests send olive oil prices sky-high
Murray Ballard’s website https://murrayballard.com/home/ghosts-in-the-field/
Lens Culture Interview with Murray about his project –https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/liquid-gold-a-shortage-of-olive-oil-has-fueled-a-record-price-spike.html
Ghosts in the Field is a photography project, undertaken by photographer, Murray Ballard – Finalist in the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2024. Capturing the devastation caused by a plant pathogen on the ancient olive trees of Salento, Italy, Murray Ballard’s project traces the impact on the region’s past, present and future.
See Murray’s photographs here https://murrayballard.com/home/ghosts-in-the-field/ and read the Interview by Sophie Wright here: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/liquid-gold-a-shortage-of-olive-oil-has-fueled-a-record-price-spike.htmlhttps://lensculture.com/articles/murray-ballard-ghosts-in-the-field
IMAGE: Poyraz 72, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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