It is very expensive for a reason though :/ I live in India and it is surprisingly not that much cheaper here. It requires a particular climate (altitude maybe) and for a large area, you get a small amount and it is labor intensive. That said, it might be something that just needs to be figured out and done better. Square foot gardening or BioIntensive for Saffron would be very interesting to see since those guys would know how to optimize efficiencies the best. Will look into it! Thanks for the tip @finnian! cheers @ecoknowme