<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sunward Farms — Updates</title><description>Sunward Farms grows saffron in controlled-environment rooms and releases every lot against ISO 3632 grading, so buyers get the same category, every harvest.</description><link>https://api-intelligence.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Harvest 2026: the first lot released under the new grading protocol</title><link>https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2026-09-first-release-lot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2026-09-first-release-lot/</guid><description>Lot SW-26-07 is the first saffron we have released with a complete grading file: ISO 3632 colouring strength, moisture, and a sealed retention sample for every carton.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A commercial hub in Rotterdam</title><link>https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2026-06-rotterdam-hub/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2026-06-rotterdam-hub/</guid><description>Samples, documentation and allocation conversations now run from the Netherlands, closer to the flavour houses and food manufacturers that buy most of our output.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why saffron is the right crop for controlled environments</title><link>https://ingredientsupplyreview.example/features/saffron-controlled-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ingredientsupplyreview.example/features/saffron-controlled-environment</guid><description>A long-form interview with our founders on the economics of growing the world&apos;s most expensive spice indoors — and why consistency, not yield, is the number that matters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Independent grading: every lot is tested by an accredited laboratory</title><link>https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2025-11-grading-partner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2025-11-grading-partner/</guid><description>We now send a split of every released lot to an ISO 17025-accredited laboratory for ISO 3632 testing, alongside our in-house measurements.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sunward Farms adds eight growing rooms in Alentejo</title><link>https://agtechweekly.example/news/sunward-farms-eight-rooms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://agtechweekly.example/news/sunward-farms-eight-rooms</guid><description>Coverage of the second build-out at the Alentejo site, which takes the farm from six to fourteen growing rooms ahead of the 2026 season.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The first full indoor harvest</title><link>https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2025-02-first-harvest/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://api-intelligence.com/updates/2025-02-first-harvest/</guid><description>Six rooms, three flowering cycles, and the first evidence that corms can be made to flower on our schedule rather than the calendar&apos;s.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>