james kinter: before the casino was here, our families all worked on the fields. so it was just kind of a natural kind of progression. we' in an ricultural area. we believe in taking care of our land sustainably, good water practices, sustainable farming, and so that's what we decided to do. mckay: the concept of an olive mill and olive orchards came out of a discussion that i had with my tribal council at the time and farm manager here. we were looking at, what can we grow on the land that we have? and we had lack of water, sometimes the soil wasn't so good. so a discussion came up, well, what can we plant there that would work with the conditions that we have? we looked at several different kinds of crops, all didn't fit the conditions of the water and the land, but olives did. dan flynn: olive oil has been here for about 250 years in california, first ought up by spanish missionaries on their way up through mexico, and they wound up in san diego, planted olive trees, and it was through those missions that the olive industry grew in california. about 25 years ag

james kinter: before the casino was here, our families all worked on the fields. so it was just kind of a natural kind of progression. we'ren an ricultural area. we believe in taking care of our land sustainably, good water practices, sustainable farming, and so that's what we decided to do. mckay: the concept of an olive mill and olive orchards came out of a discussion that i had with my tribal council at the time and farm manager here. we were looking at, what can we grow on the land that we have? and we had lack of water, sometimes the soil wasn't so good. so a discussion came up, well, what can we plant there that would work with the conditions that we have? we looked at several different kinds of crops, all didn't fit the conditions of the water and the land, but olives did. dan flynn: olive oil has been here for about 250 years in california, first ought up by spanish missionaries on their way up through mexico, and they wound up in san diego, planted olive trees, and it was through those missions that the olive industry grew in california. about 25 years ag