The amazing science of olive oil

This story of a brilliant idea to make the olive the center of a liberal arts study, conceived by a professor from Turkey and taking root as a new Honors class at Keene State, actually starts at Amherst College, in Massachusetts. That’s where KSC Chemistry Professor Richard Blatchly’s wife, Patricia O’Hara … met Zeynep Delen Nircan, a visiting professor from Turkey.

Olivegrower readers will remember Blatchly and O’Hara from their article “Making EVOO chemistry simple” (March 2015 edition) and the story of their visit to Australia and New Zealand during last year’s olive harvest (June 2015 edition).