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
<javascript:;>> 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
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