Kashmir's Saffron Growers Experiment With Indoor Farming as Climate Pressures Mount By Sharafat Ali PAMPORE, India (Reuters) - Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian ...

This is where most of saffron is farmed in India, the world's second-largest producer behind Iran of the spice, which costs up to 325,000 rupees ($3,800) a kg (2.2 pounds) because it is so labour ...

Tara and Chad Philipp had never tasted saffron until they took a camping trip with a family they’d recently met. Around the campfire, their new friends cooked a big pan of paella. The Philipps ...

Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower indigenous to Southwest Asia, has been an essential ingredient in our cooking and traditional medicines for centuries. It is celebrated for ...