About the Author
Hi, I’m Mary Squires and welcome to Olive Crazy, my blog about my favorite old fruit – the olive.
I spent the last three decades as a government relations expert (lobbyist), elected state official (Georgia House and Senate), Army enlisted soldier and officer (Private First Class to Captain), wife (to Tom) and mother of four (three boys and one girl).
During this time I worked and represented clients in many areas, some are: health benefits; juvenile law; water management; urban heat island mitigation; crops innovation; energy diversification; national security; and software technology. But I have two great loves (not including Tom and the kids). I love lobbying and I am crazy about olives.
In my blog, Olive Crazy, I want to share with you my love of all things olive. I cover topics from growing and harvesting olives to cooking with olive oil, from pressing olives to the proper storage of olive oil, and from the health and beauty properties of the olive leaf to recipes for a delicious martini, and much more.
Olive Crazy is for fun and learning. Let’s share what we know, as we explore this old fruit.
Best wishes,
Mary
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15 Responses to “About the Author”
Hi Mary.
Very nice site. I am Christos from Greece. My passion for extra virgin olive oil and olives drove me to establish Mediterranean Olive House in order to introduce worldwide some of the best Oils and Olives from Greece. I would like to ask you to visit our web site and give me your opinion of how is it possinble to enter US market.
Best regards
Christos
Hi Mary,
Lovely site! I also adore olives and am delighted to see you’ve created a way to share your knowledge and experiences of them. Thank you!
Erica
Thank you Erica. I keep learning more each day. Enjoy.
Hi Mary — love your site! I found The Olive Press and was researching whether to buy and saw your great article on them and decided to give them a try. Can’t wait to give it a try.
SparkCheers!
Chris (SparkGuy)
Thank you Chris. I’m glad I could be helpful. Knowing about the health benefits of olive oil can definitely help Spark some folks to a healthier lifestyle. Obviously, I checked out your website, and glad I did.
Hi there Mary,
I just came across your very informative website and read the article regarding the Willow Creek “squeeze bottle”. I can confirm that I have seen this “innovation” and managed to find this article if you’re interested as I understand it has also recently won some prestigious packaging award:
foodstuffsa.co.za/index.php/new-product-stuff/condiments-and-sauces/1189-willow-creek-launches-innovative-gourmet-squeeze-bottle
I am also a South African Olive Oil producer although we tend to prefer packaging our EVOO in traditional plain dark glass bottles!
Rgds
Brendon
Hi Brendon,
We make olive oil in Spain. Here, too, we use dark glass bottles. I was wondering if you had ever tried packaging that was easier for export?
regards, Ann
Hi Mary, have just come across your site and thought you might be interested in mine!
I will send you the article on me in the Olivus.com newsletter. It is entitled “NZ woman obsessed with olives”. I think we would get on well!!!!
Helen
Helen, I looked at your site. Our thoughts on olives are eerily similar. It is odd but for a month I have been thinking about olives in different ways: jams, desserts, unusual pickles. Then I go to your website (www.gourmetolives.co.nz/) and there they were. Brilliant.
Olives are great. We need to create an olive pizza.
You have a lot of energy Mary, and we are glad some of it is poured into olives. Hello Helen!
Hi Helen, …and olive leaf benefits too
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