It’s olive season in the hills around Rome, where a century-old family business upgrading its machinery showcases both the fruits and shortcomings of Italy’s efforts to spend European Union cash.
Pierluigi Ceccarelli plans to use his slice of €100 million ($106 million) in EU funds set aside for Italian olive millers to raise output in his facility by 50% to 6 tons an hour and to improve the quality of the oil harvested from the silver-leafed trees scattered around the town of Fara Sabina.
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