The minimum wage in Iran is one fifth of Vermont's. The minimum wage in Spain is half, and in Afghanistan 'tis one sixteenth. How would green mountain state growers ever expect to compete since labor is the significant factor in the cost of saffron production? The proposition simply doesn't make much economic sense unless there is sufficiently great value added downstream. No more crocus here. Rodents ate the entire collection within months of our arrival. Then they feasted on the babiana, and then sparaxis. Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > Calling saffron "the world's most expensive spice," a BBC article: > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37581228/ looks into what's > involved in raising and harvest saffron in New England's ski-centric state > of Vermont. > > So perhaps we'll have our choice of imported-from-Afghanistan or > domestically-produced saffron. Paella for all! > Fahrenheit > Judy in the Garden State, where our weather is gleefully flip-flopping > from nighttime lows of 9 degrees Fahrenheit to a daytime high of 59 degrees > fahrenheit a week later > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >