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  2. Jasper Ocean Terminal - Wikipedia

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    The Jasper Ocean Terminal (JOT) is a planned deepwater container port that will be built in South Carolina on the Savannah River, about 10 miles (16 km) downstream from Savannah, Georgia. [1] JOT is planned to open between 2035 and 2037. [ 1 ]

  3. Saffron trade - Wikipedia

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    The saffron grown in Kashmir is mainly three types — ‘Lachha Saffron’, with stigmas just separated from the flowers and dried without further processing; ‘Mongra Saffron’, in which stigmas are detached from the flower, dried in the sun and processed traditionally; and ‘Guchhi Saffron’, which is the same as Lachha, except that the ...

  4. History of saffron - Wikipedia

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    And by the 15th century, local saffron farming is attested with taxes levied by the religious power, which reveal how important saffron crops must have been. For instance, in 1478, the saffron tax levied by the Bishop of Albi reached 1/12th of saffron production. [55] Saffron demand skyrocketed when the Black Death of 1347–1350 struck Europe ...

  5. Built on backs of slaves: New mapping shows clearer picture ...

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    More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the massive footprint of the ...

  6. Port of Charleston - Wikipedia

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    A study commissioned by the South Carolina Ports Authority projected that cruise operations could support 407 jobs and $37 million in economic benefits in 2010 in the Tri-County. [29] In May 2010, the Carnival Fantasy began home-porting the Carnival Fantasy in the Port of Charleston, until February 2016, when the Carnival Fantasy was replaced ...

  7. Crocus sativus - Wikipedia

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    Crocus sativus, commonly known as saffron crocus or autumn crocus, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. A cormous autumn-flowering cultivated perennial , unknown in the wild, [ 2 ] it is best known for the culinary use of its floral stigmas as the spice saffron .

  8. Freight Farms - Wikipedia

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    Grown by Freight Farms (or "Grown") is an on-site farming service offered by Freight Farms and intended for medium and large institutions like educational campuses, office parks, retail locations, hospitals, and residential buildings. In contrast to an outright container farm purchase, Grown clients subscribe to the service for a period of time.

  9. South Carolina Department of Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Agriculture was founded in 1879 and launched in 1880 to oversee and promote agriculture in South Carolina. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] After the era of slavery in South Carolina, much of the soil had been depleted by the overproduction of cotton.