At $100/g 3.5kg is $350,000 which is pretty decent cash for a crop that was planted in September and harvested in November. And unlike marijuana you probably don't need to have armed guards.
I'm intrigued by the harvesting technique. Mostly because it looks like an interesting problem you might be able to work on with robotics.
As far as I understand there are machines or automations for this process. But it decreases the quality. We have saffron here in Switzerland and the reason it's premium priced is mostly because it's done the exact same way as 100 years ago.
I'm intrigued by the harvesting technique. Mostly because it looks like an interesting problem you might be able to work on with robotics.