Monday August 6th Journey

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Monday was a very busy day. We visited with 8 farms.

We started our day with one of our Rose farms who reports having an excellent summer due to such high demand.

We then visited one of our Gerbera farms who has expanded the greenhouses and added more production. They are also in the process of changing packaging to assure the highest quaility delivered to our customers.

We then stopped at our Alsto farm who had great news. They will be introducing a Lavender variety in the late fall. Their production is great and they are excited to be a part of the Florist buying Club supply chain.

We also stopped and visited one of our prime carnation growers. They are reporting strong production and forcast at this point is good for fall colors.

We also visited two new potential growers. While we have very high quality standards, not all visits will result in doing business. I can say one of the operations was very impressive and we will re-visit with them before the trip is over.

I must appologoze for the lack of pictures, I had the camera set up on the wrong setting so only a few saved properly.

Tuesday is a travel day. Our team will spend the morning in meetings and then the afternoon traveling to Medellin.

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Photos

Security
Our Security Team!

alstro
Alstro Packing House

carns grade and bunching
Carnation Grading and Bunching