Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The city of Torbat-e Jam is famed for the acres of colourful crocus fields that yield one of Iran’s most ...

It’s an odd juxtaposition, but it ended up being the perfect environment for the first large-scale saffron farm in Texas ... “As it turns out,” she says, “Iran and West Asia are similar ...

International sanctions against Iran ... saffron production? “Where you may get several tons of corn from an acre of land, you will only get about 2 pounds of saffron. That involves picking the ...

Today, Iran, India, Spain and Greece are the main producers, with Iran responsible for the vast majority of the world’s supply. So, how does a tiny farm ... flowered saffron crocus likes to ...