The yearly saffron harvest in Greece is in full swing in the rural areas outside the northern city of Kozani. Hundreds of ...

Saffron, known as the most expensive spice in the world, has fascinated people for thousands of years. This extraordinary ...

Harvesting saffron requires a lot of physical labor to get the flowers from the field to final packaging. The harvesting process plus its distinct flavor, smell, and color make it the most ...

Farmers who have invested their lives in this aromatic harvest are now facing uncertainty and declining yields, jeopardizing their livelihoods and the cultural legacy of saffron production.

a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers was all farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir’s saffron-growing region Pampore had to show for this year’s harvest. Dry conditions blamed on climate ...

"You can have a huge range in saffron quality, with no indication on the packaging as to what you are buying," says Ms Francis. Often it's simply that careless harvesting has meant some of the ...

In northern Türkiye, Safranbolu in Karabük, known for its historical mansions, has started to see the saffron plant bloom.

Autumn also sees the intricate work of harvesting, when the deep-red threads, called stigma, are removed from between the crocus petals and dried to form saffron. Around 90% of India's saffron ...

Saffron is the red stigma of the Crocus sativus. Each crocus has three small stigmas that have to be picked carefully by hand. This minuscule harvest means that the amount you get from each flower ...

It takes about 1.5 lakh flowers to produce 1 kg of dried saffron. (Adobe Stock) The colourfully named Operation Golden Harvest ended with the arrest of 17 members of a gang in 2021. They had ...