Seed Your Future and the Society of American Florists have announced a plan to unite to promote increased awareness of horticulture and floriculture and inspire more people to pursue careers.
From research funding to labor reform to maintaining the minimum, here are the topics the Society of American Florists will focus on during its upcoming virtual Congressional Action Days.
Shawn McBurney, Senior Director of Government Relations for the Society of American Florists, says policies related to immigration, trade, and tariff negotiations could have a big effect on floriculture.
Mel Schwanke was a member of the Society of American Florists Hall of Fame and, along with his surviving wife, Joey, was known throughout the floral industry for his passion and dedication.
The Society of American Florists says the U.S. has agreed to temporarily delay the escalation of certain tariffs on floriculture hard goods produced in China from 10% to 25%. The increase was scheduled to take effect in January.
The Senate’s version of the next Farm Bill includes language updating a law that protects the intellectual property of floral industry breeders, according to the Society of American Florists.
The report, which hadn’t been published since 2015, provides critical data on floral industry products and is widely considered to be the benchmark in identifying market trends and sales opportunities.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, (D, CA), one of the floral industry’s biggest advocates in Congress, will deliver a pep talk to the Society of American Florists’ (SAF) Congressional Action Days participants before they meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Four breeders — Ball Horticultural Co., Dümmen Orange, Proven Winners, and Syngenta Flowers — will participate in the initial pilot, which will include greenhouse growing operations in six Latin American countries.
The Society of American Florists’ “Petal it Forward” campaign returns in 2017. Learn how you can participate in this day of spreading kindness through flowers.
A report from the Society of American Florists notes that cannabis growers and investors are eyeing the Golden State’s agriculturally zoned land, and marijuana could take a bite out of the state’s flower production acreage.
