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CELS Researchers: Rhode Island Conditions Excellent for Growing World’s Most Expensive Spice

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Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, selling for about $5,000 per pound at wholesale rates, and 90 percent of the global saffron harvest comes from Iran…[Read more]

URI rolls out red carpet for PBS “Harvesting Rhode Island” series

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The University of Rhode Island is rolling out the red carpet for the premiere of two new episodes of the Rhode Island PBS series…[Read more]

CELS experts help Rhode Island farmers address new food safety regulations

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The passage of the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2011, touted as the largest overhaul of food safety regulations in decades, has concerned many farmers in Rhode Island…[Read more]

NRS researcher: Spotted turtles in trouble in Rhode Island

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A University of Rhode Island doctoral student who surveyed the state for freshwater turtles and studied their habitat preferences found that the once-common spotted turtle is in trouble…[Read more]

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