More than 130,000 olive saplings have been donated to farmers in the area surrounding Ancient Olympia in the northwest Peloponnese, replacing some of the hundreds of thousands that burned in last summer’s devastating wildfires. An official ceremony in the municipal hall of Ancient Olympia celebrated the donation, according to greekreporter.com.
The new koroneiki saplings—considered the queen of olives in Greece—are part of a global initiative launched in January to restore the birthplace of the Olympic Games and offer a message of hope to those who lost everything in the fires.
The campaign to restore the lost tree groves was called “The Olympia Trees Project.” It was created to help regenerate the land and support local farmers by replanting lost olive trees.
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