Greece and the United States

Myrta Kalampoka says investing in her olive trees saved her family from the Greek economic crisis. Now she hopes their olive oil can rescue them from an ongoing drop in tourism to Lesbos.

Hear how investing in olive trees saved one Lesbos family from economic crisis

May 25, 2017Economics

First came Greece’s economic crisis, then the refugee crisis on Lesbos. Myrta Kalampoka almost had sell her family’s olive trees. Then she had an idea.