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The Olive Plantation Celebrates 12 Years Of Success
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The Olive Plantation Farm Blend. Twelve years ago, The Olive Plantation was started on a whim to satisfy a county regulation for building the family farm. Dave Fenton found the 10 acre parcel that now houses the popular Olive farm off Pauba Road, back when it was still just a dirt road. Since the land was comprised of two steep hills, once the grading was complete and the home was built, they were told to plant all the graded soil back for erosion control.
This was a very large task that the family did not expect. Not realizing what would happen to them in the near future from this requirement, they planted 1,000 little olive trees and Fenton’s two daughters, Jenna Kofler and Megan Schultz, began watering them.
With great success, only a few years later, they had enough olives to harvest. Ironically, olive oil was never part of the plan, but Fenton did some research and decided to have the olives milled, creating just enough olive oil for family and friends to enjoy.
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Seven years into growing, the olive trees produced several tons and with that amount, it meant the family needed to start selling the oil, never realizing they had been given what the family calls “liquid gold.”
They had the olive oil lab-tested and started entering competitions to see if they had something special. Much to the Fenton’s delight, their Olive Oil was not only delicious, but their extra-virgin olive oil also won Gold at the California State Fair, the Orange County Fair and a Silver at the largest competition in the world, New York International Olive Oil Competition.
Kofler fell in love with the trees and the farm, she received her degree from Cal Poly Pomona as a Plant Scientist with honors.
A mill was purchased from Italy. Having their own mill led to greater control of the final product by being able to harvest at the optimal time, milling quickly and only allowing the best olives to create the final extra-virgin olive oil. In 2022, the Olive Plantations two Ultra Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oils, including the Farm Blend and the Bella Di Cerignola Oil, won Gold awards from the New York International Olive Oil Competition.
The Fentons said they “feel overwhelmed and overjoyed since most farmers never receive this kind of recognition in their entire farming lives.” This year’s milling was mostly done by Kofler and her husband Hayden since Dave Fenton works full time in construction.
The requirement to plant the trees 12 years ago changed the
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1893 Old Mission Bell at the plantation. Farmer Dave with daughter Jenna Kofler.
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Fenton, and now Kofler, families forever.
Their belief in prayer and faith led them all the way, Lori Fenton said. Their farm sales room is now open every weekend for extravirgin olive oil and vinegar sales. Life at The Olive Plantation is full of fun, laughter and music for all to enjoy. Come visit their farm just off the De Portola Wine Trail and see for yourself this little piece of farm heaven in Temecula.
If you have ever dreamed of having your very own farm, visit Jenna and Hayden Kofler’s company Kofler Consulting which handles start-up farms for new landowners and local farm management at www.koflerconsulting.com.
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