About Us

We’re Lone Star Olive Ranch — a woman-owned farm in East Texas making small-batch olive oils, stuffed olives, jams, and preserves. Our path here hasn’t been straight, but it’s ours, and we’re proud to share it.

From Cattle to Olives

We started with cattle, thinking a small cow-calf operation would be simple. It wasn’t. What it did teach us is that hard work and learning by doing were going to be part of our story no matter what.

Olives came next. They felt right — part of a bigger movement in Texas, like wine grapes before them. From 2007 until Winter Storm Uri in 2021, our orchard grew to 14,000 trees. Lone Star Olive Ranch became known not just for olives, but for the care and quality behind everything we touched.

Starting Over After the Storm

Uri nearly wiped us out. We lost almost all of those 14,000 trees, keeping only a few old rows that somehow survived. We had a choice: quit, or start again.

We chose to start again. We rebuilt our fields and irrigation, replanted olives, and added other crops that fit our land and climate — figs, plums, blackberries, peaches, grapes, and rows of sunflowers and zinnias. We even brought in honeybees to keep the farm buzzing.

It hasn’t been easy, but it has been worth it.

What We Make Today

  • Olive oils and stuffed olives with Texas character
  • Jams, preserves, and fruit butters made in small batches
  • Simple gifts meant for family tables, not factory shelves

Who We Are

We’re Chef Cathy & Christine — partners in life and in work. We’re still city girls at heart, but the farm has shaped us. It’s taught us patience, resilience, and what it means to grow something that lasts.

Our promise is simple: keep it real, keep it small-batch, and keep it connected to Texas.

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