Judy, I vaguely nrecall that the ‘Last Saffron Farm’ * on the east coast was in PA near Phil. My original stock of bulbs came from there when they closed years ago. Wages simply made i t uncommercial. On the other hand I’d certinly urge small growers to produce saffron as a specialty product for farmers market where they could gert a premium prices for even small amounts. Easy to grow and harvest if you are not trying to make money onit. Jim * This may just have been a story. Something vaguely associated with PA Dutch communities. - or not. On Jan 13, 2017, at 12:05 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 Dr. James Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 USA Phone 816-746-1949 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/