saffron

A passion for farming and a family trip to Kashmir led Anil Jaiswal to cultivate the exotic spice saffron in his own Indore home.

Ramesh Gera cracked the code to growing the world’s most expensive spice indoors and is now training over 12,000 people to follow suit.

Gaurav Sabharwal from Solan, Himachal Pradesh, grows saffron indoors using aeroponics. His innovative methods offer a sustainable way to cultivate the world’s most expensive spice beyond Kashmir.

Growing up in Solan, known for mushroom production, Gaurav Sabharwal sought a profitable business. He founded Shoolini Saffron and established an aeroponics farm to grow saffron, the 'red gold'.

Shubha Bhatnagar, a 63-year-old homemaker, started Shubhavni SmartFarms to grow saffron indoors using aeroponics, aiming to provide employment to rural women with her family's support.

Harsh Patil turned to innovative farming techniques after climate change affected his family's traditional crops. He started growing saffron using aeroponics in a small room, earning lakhs.

After retirement, Ramesh Gera (65) started cultivating Kashmiri saffron in a small room of his house in Noida. He also teaches an online course on how to earn by growing saffron in small spaces.

Engineer Shailesh Modak quit his job to begin growing saffron in shipping containers using hydroponics. Watch this video to see how it earns him lakhs.

Nashik resident Shailesh Modak quit his engineering job to take up hydroponics and grows saffron in shipping containers, earning lakhs.

Every region in India has its own special spices that can make the most mundane dish taste heavenly. So we decided to celebrate this culinary heritage by making a Spice Map of India, with some GI-tagged varieties on it!