Fighting Fire with Community: Local Initiatives Ris..

October typically marks the peak of the olive harvest season in Lebanon, a time when families across the south come together to harvest, mill, press, and refine olives into olive oil. Yet, this year, for many residents of South Lebanon, October has become a painful reminder of loss: this year is the second consecutive year of little to no olive oil production, and the first year in a while in which many trees bore no fruit at all.