A federal appeals court in New York ruled on Monday that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law that bans employment discrimination because of sex, also protects claims of... Read more
Costa Farms has announced the acquisition of Florida grower Green Leaf Nursery. Green Leaf Nursery of Homestead, Florida, has a long history of producing indoor foliage and tropical plants.... Read more
It is no small coincidence that Ultra Violet, the Pantone Color of the Year, is the color of the International Women’s Day movement. This year, Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8, will be a ti... Read more
Amazon will start delivering groceries, including flowers, from Whole Foods via its two-hour Prime Now delivery service, the e-commerce giant announced Feb. 8. Customers in Austin, Cincinnat... Read more
The majority of roses Americans give one another on Valentine’s Day, roughly 200 million in all, grow [on] the savanna outside Bogotá, summoned from the soil by 12 hours of natural sunlight,... Read more
UPS ramped up its global logistics network to deliver an estimated 88 million flowers in time for Valentine’s Day this year. According to a company release, UPS will handle more than 8 milli... Read more
Fifty-six percent of respondents to a recent Society of American Florists’ survey plan to spend more on labor this year, an expectation that puts them in line with national trends in a highl... Read more
June Van Wingerden, co-owner of Ocean Breeze Farms in Carpinteria, California, was recently elected chair of the California Cut Flower Commission. According to CCFC, Van Wingerden, who was... Read more
The National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture (NICH) is asking all business and nonprofits engaged in horticulture for their input in a brief, three-minute survey to help grow the indust... Read more
The deadline for American growers and ranchers to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture is fast approaching. Growers are required by law to complete and submit... Read more
