Dissemination

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One of the foundation’s aims is to enhance the visibility of the olive growing culture, the process of oil production and developments throughout the centuries, thus showing the importance of a strategic sector in Spain and, in particular, Andalusia. It is in this context that programmes such as Planeta Olivo and Nutrióleo and guided visits to the Hacienda Guzmán should be seen.

EL OLIVAR EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

Olive oil is part of the socio-cultural identity of Span and especially in Andalusia, a community with more than 250.000 families are related to the olive sector.

It is necessary to raise awareness of olive culture in future generations and the Fundación Juan Ramón Guillén has created El Olivar, an educational project destinated to the academic community to facilitate learning resources, complementary materials and different tools to deal with content related to olive sector in a fun and interesting way. The project has a learning guide that is adapted for Pre-primary Education and Primary Education.

Since 2020

More than 700 schools registered

Pre-primary Education and Primary Education

Learning about the olive sector

PLANETA OLIVO

An innovative pedagogical space developed in Hacienda Guzmán. It consists in experiments, games and different dynamics with a common denominator: Learning about olive oil in a fun and entertaining way. The initiative is conducted by Ciencia Divertida and it is supported by Instituto de la Grasa-CSIC.

The workshop can be offered in Spanish and English and it allows children, between 3 and 16 years old, get to know about the olive oil culture and its elaboration process. Children will know where the olive oil comes from, its evolution over time, how many different varieties of olive trees exist, what an olive mill is and the meaning of a balanced diet.

Since 2011

More than 20.000 schoolchildren

Knowing the elaboration process

Educational visit to Hacienda Guzmán

SABOR A ACEITE DE OLIVA

Olive oil is an essential part of the Mediterranean diet and future generations needed to be educated so that they know the importance of keep up the good eating habits. These workshops, developed in a programme of solidarity named Andaluces Compartiendo, allow young people to find out the profits of nutritional habits for getting a healthy and well-balanced life. 

Young people learn about the different techniques for harvesting the olives, how the olive oil is obtained, the main foods which compose the Mediterranean diet and the importance of including olive oil in our diet. In 2023, more than 730 schoolchidren of the Andalusian provinces of Sevilla, Cádiz and Córdoba were involved in the project.

Beginning in 2023

734 schoolchildren

Developing of good eating habits

Sevilla, Cádiz and Córdoba

NUTRIÓLEO

This pedagogical space for schoolchildren is developed through a partnership of Fundación Cajasol in Andaluces Compartiendo solidarity programme and it has as main objective to educate new generations about about the need to follow a healthy diet, transmitting to young people, mostly schoolchildren at risk of social exclusion, the benefits of foods as the olive oil.

The participants discover, in a workshop of 90 minutes, the techniques for harvesting the olives and the different phases required for obtaining the olive oil. Since 2015, more than 3.765 schoolchildren of the Andalusian provinces of Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva and Sevilla have participated in these olive culture workshops.