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Crocus Sativus

A drought, a gift and the magic of saffron — how a Karoo farmer discovered a golden lifesaver

SPICE OF LIFE

A drought, a gift and the magic of saffron — how a Karoo farmer discovered a golden lifesaver

By Estelle Ellis