Our Families
Our Families
Meet the passionate makers and families behind Splendid Land Marketplace — each with a story rooted in the land of Israel.
Olea Essence — The Talmon Family
Sea of Galilee Region | Olive Oil & Skincare
Our olive trees are nurtured on a vista near Capernaum, near the Sea of Galilee. Our family-owned and operated groves are never sprayed with herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides, or grown with chemical fertilizers. In doing so, we can ensure that all of our products are fully natural and environmentally sustainable from start to finish.
During harvest, we use a rotating, tractor-mounted hydraulic machine to gently jiggle the olives off the branches. That means that, unlike traditional harvesting methods, we don’t use long sticks to beat the branches until all of the olives are picked. We feel that the technique we use is kinder and less aggressive to the leaves and branches. Additionally, we only use the olives that we shake from the trees, rather than also gathering the olives that fell during the night, ensuring that only the best olives go on to become olive oil.
After a morning of harvest, the picked olives are rushed to our nearby, state-of-the-art olive oil mill. There, they are pressed on the same day to ensure the highest quality and the lowest acidity. We press both green and black olives to make our extra virgin olive oil: the green olives are the first fruits of the season, while the black olives sun-ripen on the tree for an extra month.
