Cork has been harvested by skilled professionals for thousands of years. It’s a strenuous task done by hand using only an axe. The harvester cuts vertical and horizontal slits in the trunk and ...

marking the first cork harvest in 30 years on campus. Revealing a striking difference between the layers, a orangish bark with a smoother texture made its debut after being hidden beneath the bumpy, ...

The process of harvesting the cork oak takes precision, years of practice, and a good axe. In the Alentejo region of Portugal, workers spend their summers delicately removing the outer layers of ...