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A California Response to Huffington Post Piece on Valentine’s Day Flowers

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Kasey Cronquist

I just finished reading the Huffington Post article, “Eco Etiquette: What’s The Environmental Cost Of Cut Flowers?” by Ms. Jennifer Grayson who made her best effort to inform her audience on the “environmental truth” about purchasing flowers this Valentine’s day. … Continue reading →

Posted in CEO Message, promotion | Tagged Agriculture, Andean Trade Preferences, ATPA, CA Grown, California, California Cut Flower Commission, California Flowers, California Grown Flowers, CCFC, CEO, Colombia, Colombia FTA, Congress, Congressman Mike Thompson, cut flowers, farmers market, Farming, Farr, floral, flower transportation, Free Trade | Leave a comment

Secretary Ross Responds

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Kasey Cronquist

There certainly was an understood response by those in California agriculture when Yahoo published their blog post, “College Majors That Are Useless,” and listing Agriculture as the #1 most useless degree. Between the blogging, the Facebook comments and the local … Continue reading →

Posted in CEO Message, Governmental Affairs, promotion | Tagged Agriculture, CA Grown, California, California Agriculture, California Cut Flower Commission, California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Flowers, California Grown Flowers, CalPoly, CCFC, CDFA, CEO, farmers market, Farming, floral, floral promotion, Flower Farming, Flowers, Karen Ross, Planting Seeds, Sacramento | Leave a comment

“Monumental!”

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Kasey Cronquist

Two Rose Parade Floats are Certified “CA Grown” As you know, there is always a story behind every great story. This story isn’t any different. The Rose Parade’s story is that this local event has become a 123-year old tradition … Continue reading →

Posted in CEO Message, promotion | Tagged Agriculture, CA Grown, California, California Cut Flower Commission, California Flowers, California Grown Flowers, CalPoly, CCFC, CDFA, CEO, certification, cut flowers, farmers market, Farming, floral, floral promotion, Flower Farming, Free Trade, Karen Ross, Kit-Cat Clock, Rose | Leave a comment

The largest floral design competition?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Kasey Cronquist

San Diego Flower Farmers Mel Resendiz and Diana Roy hand out “CA Grown” stickers to people who had come to see the CalPoly float. The rose parade may in fact be the largest floral design competition in the world. Granted, … Continue reading →

Posted in CEO Message, promotion | Tagged Agriculture, CA Grown, California, California Cut Flower Commission, California Flowers, California Grown Flowers, CalPoly, CEO, certification, farmers market, floral promotion, Flower Farming, Flowers, green flowers, Kit-Cat Clock, Rose, Rose Parade | Leave a comment

It WAS More Than a Parade!

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Kasey Cronquist

While the Tournament of Roses was celebrating its 123rd Rose Parade this weekend, with over half a million parade attendees and tens of millions watching on TV worldwide, a small delegation of California flower farmers descended on Pasadena to celebrate … Continue reading →

Posted in CEO Message, promotion | Tagged Agriculture, CA Grown, California, California Cut Flower Commission, California Flowers, California Grown Flowers, CalPoly, CCFC, CEO, cut flower, cut flowers, farmers market, Farming, floral, floral promotion, Flower Farming, Flowers, green flowers, Kit-Cat Clock, Rose, Rose Bowl, Rose Parade, Tournament of Roses | Leave a comment