Each flower produces only three stigmas, and it takes nearly 200 flowers to produce a single ounce ... retail prices for saffron produced in the United States range from $349-$655 per pound ...

Curious about the saffron price? Just one ounce of saffron can cost as much as 30 American dollars. Saffron is often counterfeited due to its high value and sold as a mix of marigold and safflower.

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or ...

And each flower has three red stigmas — that's the saffron. Ghalehgolabbehbahani: The yield of saffron is really low. You have to hire a lot of laborers to harvest 4 pounds of saffron per acre.