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Organic Bouquet

Why Organic Flowers
For Valentine’s Day

Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. On Valentine's Day, February 14th, it is traditional to woo a current or potential lover with Valentine cards and gifts, the favorite of which is the red Rose, a symbol of both passion and love; in more recent years, lovers have become more adventurous and choices for Valentine flowers have included exotic flowers such as the Orchid and scented flowers such as the Lily.
For Valentine’s Day alone, Americans imported more than 120 million roses, most of them from South American farms where normal procedures call for fumigating greenhouses with a range of pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides (sometimes with workers still inside) before submerging the flowers in preservatives to keep them from rotting
during shipment. Such practices are taking their toll on the workers who must handle these toxic chemicals daily. In addition to harming workers and the environment in the fields and greenhouses, the chemicals on conventionally grown flowers may impact consumer health. If you’re really concerned about pesticides, you should know that the way a decorative flower is grown can affect what you might be breathing in. Organic Bouquet offer USDA-certified organic flowers that you can ship to loved ones all over the country. In addition, Organic Bouquet founder Gerald Prolman personally has visited each of his source farms to ensure acceptable working conditions. “Organic flowers have a deeper layer of beauty that comes from the comfort of knowing that the people who grow them and the land they grow them on are treated with respect,” says Prolman. “Organic floral production is part of one movement toward a better world.”