Sicily · Family & Friends · Small-Batch Olive Oil
Three tiers to help us build the Sicilian olive homestead — from $25 for tree updates all the way to a Homestead Partner that keeps you in three liters of oil a year on auto-refill. Pick your level and cancel anytime.
Three ways to back the family homestead
All three are annual subscriptions. Every dollar helps us build the Sicilian olive oil homestead — capital for irrigation, tools, a small guesthouse and family kitchen. What changes is what shows up at your door.
Tier One
Back the build. Stay in the loop.
The easy way for family and friends to support the homestead build without committing to the full oil subscription. No oil ships at this tier.
Adopt a Tree →Tier Two
Back the build. Get the oil.
Real, small-batch oil from your own tree — and a real stake in the family homestead we're building.
Sponsor a Tree →Tier Three
Back the build. Never run out.
For family and friends who cook with olive oil like it's water — and want the homestead built faster.
Become a Partner →What Sponsor-tier includes
This is the $99 Sponsor experience — the tier most people pick. Adopters at $25–$55 get the tree assignment and updates without oil. Partners at $426 get three liters plus auto-refills.
Named to you or a person you're gifting it to. You get a printed adoption certificate, a photo of the actual tree, and its coordinates on the property so you can find it if you visit.
Your tree gets its own care log — pruning, weeding, mulching, and a hand harvest each October. Then everything goes to the village frantoio for cold-press within 24 hours of picking.
An exclusive, uniquely-packaged tin of extra-virgin olive oil from your tree — labeled with the tree's name and harvest date. Shipped worldwide once a year. Not sold anywhere else. (Partners get 3 liters and auto-refills.)
How it works
No app to download. No account to build. Just an email and a card at checkout.
Send us your name (or the recipient's name if it's a gift). We assign you a real tree from our Sicilian grove and lock it to you for the year.
A printed certificate, a photo of the tree, and its GPS coordinates on the property. Delivered within two weeks of your claim.
Pruning in late winter, weeding through spring, mulch in summer. All tracked and photographed for your personal tree log — you'll get a couple of update emails during the year.
Trees are hand-picked and taken to the local frantoio within 24 hours. Cold-pressed the same day. This is when the good oil is made.
Sponsors get a 500ml tin. Partners get 3 liters plus auto-refills when you run out. Adopters at Tier One get photo & video updates instead — no oil ships at that tier.
The $250 renews annually on the anniversary of your first claim. Cancel anytime from the email confirmation — no phone tree, no forms. If you cancel mid-year you still get that year's bottle.
The grove, by the numbers
Every tree we make available for adoption is real, mature, and productive. Nothing symbolic — you'll see your tree, get its harvest, and drink its oil.
Where the money goes
This isn't a novelty subscription. Every tier — Adopter, Sponsor, or Partner — is a small stake in a bigger project. We're turning the Sicilian land into a working olive-oil homestead and a real family retreat that everyone in our circle can eventually use.
The money funds tree care, harvest labor, and press time now — and rolls into the build (irrigation, tools, a small guesthouse, the family kitchen) over the next two years. It ties directly into the same homestead the Family Home and Harvest Gathering are building toward.
Adopter at $35 keeps the door open to anyone who wants to help. Sponsor and Partner get you the actual product of the land in different volumes. Whatever tier — you're helping bring a real Sicilian homestead into being that all of us can visit and share for decades.
Common questions
Yes — it's an annual subscription. The $250 renews once a year on the anniversary of your first claim, and your tree stays yours for as long as you're subscribed. Cancel anytime from the confirmation email, no phone tree, no fine print. If you cancel mid-year you still get that year's bottle.
Yes — the certificate goes in the recipient's name. Popular for birthdays, weddings, retirements, and the person on your list who "has everything."
Olive trees have off years — it's normal. If yours produces less than a full tin, we top up from other trees in the same grove so Sponsors and Partners still get their full order. If the whole harvest fails (rare — happens maybe once a decade), we roll your subscription into the next year.
Two places. First, tree care and harvest — pruning, mulch, water, labor, press time at the frantoio. Second, building the homestead itself — irrigation, tools, a small guesthouse for family, the kitchen. This ties directly into the Family Home and Harvest Gathering projects. It's all one property, and every subscription helps get it built.
Adopter ($35/year) is the entry tier — you get a real tree named to you, photo & video updates, and maintenance reports on composting and pruning. No oil ships. Sponsor ($99/year) adds an exclusive half-liter tin of oil from your tree, shipped once a year. Partner ($426/year) gives you three liters annually with auto-refills when you run out — enough to actually cook with all year.
When you're running low, tell us and another liter goes out. It's meant for people who cook with olive oil like it's water and don't want to run out mid-recipe. Anything unused rolls to next year.
Yes — just tell me in the message field when you sign up and I'll adjust the invoice. Any extra above the tier price goes straight into the homestead build, and I'll let you know exactly where it went.
Absolutely. Adopters are welcome at the property. We'll walk you to your tree, and if you time it right you can hand-pick your own harvest and watch the press yourself.
Shipping is included in the Sponsor and Partner prices for U.S., Canada, UK, and most of Europe. Other destinations may have a small add-on — we'll email you before we ship anything unexpected. Adopters (Tier One) have no shipping since nothing physical ships at that tier.
Claim a tree
Claims are handled by email. Tell me which tier and how many trees, I confirm the tree(s), send an invoice, and set the annual subscription. Cancel anytime by replying to any of my emails.