"US growers join "Field to Vase" movement"
This has spurred a trend in the U.S. towards locally grown fresh flowers called the Field to Vase Movement. Reporter Renee Wilde takes a look at two growers in Ohio who define this new movement.
Imported flowers now make up 80% of the total cut flower production in the united states. That change has led to over half of the U.S. fresh flower growers going out of business since 1992. The number of U.S. cut flower growers is now estimated at 280, with the vast majority of those located in California.
In the late 1980‘s when Chris Waymire’s dad decided to turn part of his farming operation in Yellow Springs, Ohio over to fresh flower production, he didn’t realize he was about to be on the cutting edge of a new movement in the floral industry called Field-to-Vase. It encourages consumers to buy locally grown and harvested flowers.
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