MPS honored the achievements of Young’s Plant Farm in the field of sustainability by officially handing over the MPS-GAP certificate.
Young’s Plant Farm was established by Gene Young in 1961, and is still a family owned- and operated business consisting of 3 generations. On 3 locations (in Alabama and North Carolina), with a total of 40 acres indoor and 40 acres outdoor, annuals, perennials, poinsettias and mums are grown and shipped to different large retailers.
The ceremony, which took place at the MPS booth #1932 at Cultivate 2018, is the crowning glory of all the work which Young’s Plant Farm initiated in 2014 by starting with the MPS-ABC certification and after this with the MPS-GAP certification. In the past 4 years Young’s and MPS have cooperated to use the MPS-ABC certification to further improve sustainability.
After obtaining MPS-ABC the quest towards implementing sustainability practices did not stop. In 2017 Arthij van der Veer, General Coordinator MPS in North & Central America, started working with Young’s Plant Farm on the implementation of MPSGAP (Good Agricultural Practices). Drew Young says: “MPS-GAP has provided us with a way to measure our company’s safety, product traceability, sustainability, and environmental awareness. Obtaining this certification has helped our company immediately improve in these areas, while also helping us plan for even higher future goals”.