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ESLO Oregon News
ESLO News Oregon
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NOVEMBER 5, 2021
An Oregon farm grows one of the most expensive spices in the world
Saffron is a popular spice. It is also used in medicine. But saffron is also very expensive. It can cost $5,000 per pound. That is more expensive than gold. Why? Because it is difficult to harvest.
The spice comes from the dried stigmas of the plant's flower. It can take 75,000 flowers to make one pound of spice. And growers must harvest the flowers by hand, not machine.
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