What started as a passion project turned into a premium olive oil brand for Oya İnal. İnal acquired one olive grove in Ayvalık in 2010 and now has a business harvesting over 9,000 trees.
This success was achieved through the use of smart agriculture, which integrates modern technology to traditional farming to better manage economic volatility and climate change. The brand has a certificate for Organic Olive Oil production and also holds the Ayvalık Coğrafi İşareti (Ayvalık Geographical Indicator).
İnal aims to ensure that the 1,000-yearold monument trees in the groves are handed down to the next generation in even better condition. Leaving the soil richer and the story of Ayvalık stronger is her measure of success. Reflecting on her RC experience, İnal maintains that RC is a breeding ground for independent minds: “What excites me the most about the RC network, especially through platforms like RCCEB, is the incredible crossgenerational synergy.”
