{"id":2759,"date":"2016-12-05T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanstories.gr\/en\/i-michaniki-tou-vravevmenou-eleoladou\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:25:11","slug":"i-michaniki-tou-vravevmenou-eleoladou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanstories.gr\/en\/i-michaniki-tou-vravevmenou-eleoladou\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cMechanism\u201d of the Olive Oil That Won First Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Humanstories.gr was created to present stories of Greek people who, despite the crisis, do their best to make a new beginning\u2026Moreover, despite the\u00a0 negativity and bad news everywhere, they refuse to give up in making things better.<\/p>\n

Three of these young people, Chris Koutsotasios and his wife Elpida and Marios Kalpidis, made their first appearance on \u201c1st<\/sup>\u00a0 Gourmet Olive Exhibition\u201d and won first prize for the best olive oil named \u201cMakara.\u201d This exceptional olive oil received great praise from the public\u00a0 visited the exhibition in Salonika from May 20 to May 22.<\/p>\n

Pictures<\/strong>: Dora Topalidou (www.brightside.gr<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Video<\/b>: Zoi Dalaina<\/p>\n

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However, Chris and Elpida\u2019s\u00a0 humanstory began quite differently. They met and fell in love while studying\u00a0 architecture at the Polytechnic in Xanthi. Soon Elpida went on holiday to Lesvos, Chris\u2019 home town. After that, a long-distance relationship began. Within time, these \u201cimmigrants of love\u201d moved to Salonika where the worked in an office as engineers. Mario, Elpida\u2019s brother, also worked as and engineer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point I decided to make use of my family olive trees in Lesvos and Mario , who was also disappointed with the situation for young scientists in their profession, wanted to help me in my venture by giving me both moral support and support with equipment. We took technical knowledge of the past and combined it with new methods, the logic used by engineers and the imagination of an architect to create and improve on the great gift offered to us by nature,\u201d declared Chris Koutsotasos on Humanstories.gr. \u201cHe added, \u201cIf there is a movement toward agriculture it is likely that our country will be saved but there will be a greater awareness of our environment as well. Naturally, we will also have a different\u00a0 outlet. It is the first year we standardized at the Exhibition and we immediately received first prize. I feel proud and satisfied that our efforts were not in vain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Finally, however, \u00a0the field of olive oil is \u201cfriendly\u201d towards new entrepreneurs with dreams and ambition\u2026\u201dThe field is very difficult. There are few producers who display their own products. Most entrepreneurs are in sales .This widens the economy .That is, they tend to collect the raw materials cheaply and sell them, thereby making a profit. If this tendency is ended or at least reduced it will improve the Greek economy.\u201d Despite the difficulties, he feels optimistic about \u201cMakara\u201d, which got its name from the mythological king of Lesvos.<\/p>\n

According to Chris, \u201dOur dream is to make Makara known and to show the wealth Greece offers ,not out of chauvinism but out of the reasoning that Greece does indeed have quality products that the world needs to know about.However, we have to try hard because we face giants who have no moral inhibitions when it comes to advertising their own products\u2026 but then everyone has to work hard at making their dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally , he would like to add that without the help of his parents Thanou and especially Penelope who helped constantly he would not have reached this level.<\/p>\n

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