I know I am about to walk a fine line here, but I encourage you to walk it with me.
Recently, it was brought to my attention that BloomNation was nominated to Martha Stewart’s American Made contest. BloomNation is a new, online network of “artisan florists” that supply “handcrafted bouquets” to local and regional markets. Martha Stewart’s American Made contest is an annual competition created by Stewart to “honor and support a growing population of those makers who create beautiful and useful products, pioneer new industries, and improve their local communities.”
I do want to acknowledge Stewart for using her immense platform to feature American Made products. She doesn’t have to do this. In fact, the naming of the Certified American Grown flowers program was inspired, in part, by Stewart’s American Made initiative. She was onto something, and the Certified American Grown program is like-minded in its intent to bring focus to locally grown flowers here in the U.S.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: California Cut Flower Commission