As reported earlier this spring, the Society of American Florists, leading a coalition of other industry trade associations, successfully advocated for floriculture growers to receive direct... Read more
The Society of American Florists will hold a virtual summit next month centered on reinvention and dedicated to helping floral industry members navigate the new landscape created by the glob... Read more
Late last week, the president signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which relaxes some of the original PPP rules for loan forgiveness and rehiring timelines, the p... Read more
As retail businesses continue to reopen around the country, make sure your operation is ready to hit the ground running or continues to build on your Mother’s Day sales momentum. Through the... Read more
As COVID-19 continues to affect the balance sheet of floral industry businesses, SAF reached out to Congressional leadership this week to highlight one more ripple effect: customer credit de... Read more
As floriculture continues to feel the devastating economic impact of COVID-19, SAF has successfully advocated to bring some relief to growers via direct USDA aid. While the USDA has yet to r... Read more
The Society of American Florists and several other floral industry organizations have rallied their members to ask Congress for additional funding in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), t... Read more
The Society of American Florists this week continued its push in Washington to ensure that industry growers receive a portion of the $9.5 billion allocated in the March 27 Coronavirus Stimul... Read more
A $2 trillion COVID stimulus package is now law—and it includes targeted relief for small businesses, and specific mention of relief for “specialty crops” in agriculture. SAF has been on the... Read more
As the economic impact of COVID-19 entered a second week, Congress went to work on formalizing a third supplemental relief package — one that has targeted relief for small businesses, and sp... Read more
