10 Iconic Foods Disappearing Around The World | So Expensive | Business Insider Marathon

Purple flowers in Kashmir produce the world's most expensive spice — saffron. While it can sell for $10,000 per kilogram, climate change makes it even more expensive. Production has dropped significantly because of lower-than-usual rainfall over the last few years. And fields that once yielded this delicate spice have become sites for new housing construction.

Climate change threatens the production of all kinds of foods, from cloves in India to eels in Japan and Spain. Here are 10 expensive and vulnerable foods and why climate change is making them so much more expensive.

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00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Japanese Eel
07:20 - Puffer Fish
12:57 - Cashews
21:18 - Ceylon Cinnamon
27:57 - Real Saffron
34:37 - Cloves
42:55 - Stone Crabs
49:14 - Copper River King Salmon
01:01:29 - Spanish Glass Eels
01:15:13 - Royal Quinoa

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10 Iconic Foods Disappearing Around The World | So Expensive | Business Insider Marathon