On a recent cloudy, damp morning, farmer Claudel "Zaka" Chery stood in a field of crocuses abundant with green foliage but only sparsely sprinkled with.
The majority of dried herbs and spices we cook with in the U.S. are imported. Meet the farmers from Massachusetts to Hawai‘i who are trying to change that.
A chance meeting of minds led to the discovery that harvesting saffron in Vermont is possible and also provides farmers extra income in the off-season.