Saffron: from harvest to sfioritura

Able to make any significant socio-economic developments to the whole community, Saffron is for the municipalities of San Gavino, Turri, Villanovafranca and a resource to be exploited and on which to invest. Local saffron won the brand D.O. P, a guarantee of the different levels of the production process: origin, sourcing of raw materials, localisation and traditionality of the production process. In addition, the cultivation of Saffron is for many producers, a cultural background and identity passed down from generation to generation.

Saffron growers work begins in the fields and ends, usually within the walls of a House. In the morning the Saffron growers harvest and afternoon dedicated to carry out cleaning, during which they extract from each flower red stigmas.

After the withering, it is customary to pour out the flowers without the Red stigmas in the fields, to propitiate a good harvest for the coming year.