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This Is What It’s Like to Farm the World’s Most Expensive Spice
David Smale’s “farm” is the size of a tennis court, on which grow hundreds of saffron plants. It’s taken him ten years to get to this stage and his entire business relies on the small field.
Arugula and Endives Are Being Farmed Under Japan's Subway System
Tokyo Salad is actually a hygienic hydroponics farm of sorts, located directly underneath Tokyo’s vastly jumbled subway system.
Trappist Monks Are Trying to Save Venezuela's Dying Coffee Industry
The monks who live and roast beans at the Roman Catholic Trappist monastery in the mountains above Mérida face shortages like anyone else in the country, but manage to navigate the lawless world of the dwindling coffee industry there.
Australia’s Potato Rebel Wants to Give You Free Spuds
In protest of the state’s regulated market, Western Australian potato mogul Tony Galati is literally giving away 200 tonnes of spuds this very second.
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