Observed arrival · 2026-08-27
Saratov Saffron, Grown on Racks
A Russian vertical-farm project proposing year-round saffron production in controlled indoor conditions.
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The proposed workflow combines stacked indoor cultivation with automated environmental controls, then moves the flowers through hand extraction, infrared drying, and small-batch packing. The page specifies 15–17 °C during flowering, roughly 150 flowers per gram, and 0.5-gram portions aimed at home kitchens and HoReCa. It also frames the operation as scalable from laboratory volumes to industrial production, though those capacity and import-replacement figures remain stated plans rather than verified results.
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