You brought me violets for my furs. And there was April in that December.
The secrets behind your flowers.
Chances are the bouquet you’re about to buy came from Colombia. (…)
To limit coca farming and expand job opportunities in Colombia, the U.S. government in 1991 suspended import duties on Colombian flowers. The results were dramatic, though disastrous for U.S. growers. In 1971, the United States produced 1.2 billion blooms of the major flowers (roses, carnations and chrysanthemums) and imported only 100 million. By 2003, the trade balance had reversed; the United States imported two billion major blooms and grew only 200 million.
photo { Alison Brady }
