N.S. farm takes advantage of moderate climate to grow world's most expensive spice Social Sharing

Coastal Grove Farm has been producing organic saffron in Upper Port La Tour since 2021

It's a crop normally associated with Afghanistan, Iran or Spain, but Coastal Grove Farm in Nova Scotia has been successfully producing saffron, the world's most expensive spice, since 2021.

Cynthia Bazinet and Matthew Roy moved to Upper Port La Tour in Shelburne County from New Hampshire at the start of the pandemic in 2020.

Roy, who is 55, has a degree in ecological agriculture and has been involved in farming for 25 years….