Lincolnshire Grows Olive Oil: A British First

Lincolnshire Grows Olive Oil: A British First

Lincolnshire Grows Olive Oil: A British First  A New Chapter for a Long-Standing Farm In the heart of The Fens, the Hoyles family has farmed rich, reclaimed silt soils for over 250 years, growing everything from potatoes to mustard seed. In 2024, they broke new ground—literally—by planting the first olive grove in Lincolnshire for olive oil production, reviving the region’s fruit‑tree heritage for the first time since the 1920s (The English Oliv…