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The North American Center for Saffron Research and Development<\/a> at the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania are hosting the eighth annual workshop on saffron entitled, The Finer Points of Saffron Cultivation, on Thursday April 4, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The registration fee is $60. The event will be held online and recorded for all registrants. There are presentations for both beginning and experienced growers. Click this link to register for the event.<\/a><\/p>\n Saffron, the stigmas of a fall-blooming crocus flower, is the most expensive spice and medicinal herb in the world. It is now grown in many areas of North America by small, diversified farmers and could strengthen sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n Experts and growers from the US and Lebanon will share their knowledge about growing, harvesting and selling this precious crop. World-renown filmmakers Gelareh Kiazand and Yara Elmjouie will share information on their global investigation of saffron adulteration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The North American Center for Saffron Research and Development at the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania are hosting the eighth annual workshop on saffron entitled, The Finer Points of Saffron Cultivation, on Thursday April 4, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1,13,28,14],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-events","category-ext","category-faculty","category-research","tag-saffron"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2644,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/growing-and-selling-saffron-workshop\/","url_meta":{"origin":4213,"position":0},"title":"The March Growing and Selling Saffron Workshop","author":"CALS Communications","date":"March 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The North American Center for Saffron Research and Development at the University of Vermont (UVM) and Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania hosted the 7th annual workshop on saffron production and marketing. 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