The search for profit from the curry plant is driven by Croatia’s continuing economic troubles. During harvest season, the local news was filled with tales of the police discovering vans full of stolen curry plants. Mr. Djurica sold his extra seedlings to ambitious local farmers, making him an unwitting cog in the curry plant’s local industry. “A tough life is good for curry plants,” she said, heading back to a small stone bungalow at the end of the field. “We can’t only grow curry plants,” she said, just as a gust cut across the thick field of green and yellow, kicking up the immortelle’s deep, smokelike peppery smell.

Source: New York Times November 23, 2017 16:18 UTC