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This honey looks like a magical elixir from a faraway land! On 16th February 2021, Centauri Honey (Turkey) broke the world record for most expensive honey. This heavenly ambrosia carried a hefty price tag of £8,700/kg (€10,000/kg). As you would imagine, this nectar is very different from conventional honey. This cave honey is excavated (as the name suggests) …

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Sheqeras (Albanie) (AFP) Scents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. In Sheqeras, at the foot of the Mali i Thate mountain in Albania’s south, it is the season for cornflowers, a plant traditionally valued for its ability …

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While Albanian wild-gathered herbs are sought-after internationally, the industry offers great economic opportunity and independence for women like Donika Musaj.I It was a rushed start for my morning journey, and I was still fiddling with pots of cream and tubes of sunscreen as the minibus set off. I was leaving the Albanian town of Kukës …

The Albanian mountain crops that keep us looking young Read More »