Épices Rœllinger Raw Spices | Saffrons<Taliouine  Saffron (Morocco)

Taliouine saffron is the embodiment of the 20-family community who produces it at 1,200 meters of altitude in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The grower cooperative we work with was created in the early 2000’s to allow the region’s farmers and their families improve their living and working conditions by cultivating saffron in the remote, dry, celestial peaks. The cooperative’s aim was also to keep the inhabitants from emigrating away from the area and to cities in Europe. The saffron crop provides an extra source of income that supplements the livestock farms, olive groves, and almond and pistachio orchards that make up the primary agricultural activities of the area.
Today, the second generation of saffron growers are taking up the mantle of their parents; the children of the cooperative’s founders are now its acting members. With a certified organic label and PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) status, Taliouine saffron has successfully come into its own.