While many high-profile companies, including Google, Facebook and Amazon have delayed reopening their offices until 2022 in response to the latest...
Pioneer Imports and Wholesale has been waiting on a shipment of Chinese-manufactured silk flowers and plants for almost two months. The fall...
In the wake of higher freight costs and limited supply brought on by COVID-19, local flower farmers are filling a much-needed fresh product gap —...
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is making changes to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) —...
Representative Sean Casten, second-term Democratic congressman from Illinois’ sixth district, met with company leaders at Ball Horticulture in West...
The Society of American Florists has created new fall social media graphics and banners to celebrate the season of change and encourage your...
Successful plant breeding can produce disease-resistant plants that have a longer shipping and vase life, all while providing retailers, wholesalers...
The FDA’s decision Monday to grant full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides business owners one more reason to consider mandating...
Sarah LoBue, AIFD, ICPF, put a chalkboard sign outside her Carlinville, Illinois shop last week that likely spoke to everyone who saw it: “If...
Many florists learned during the pandemic that they were able to generate unexpected profits by keeping a close eye on labor and facility costs. In...
Paul Shinoda Jr., a past president of the Society of American Florists’ board of directors, died July 20. He was 83. Shinoda’s career in the...
Thinking about the next phase of life and what it might look and feel like to pass the business to a successor? The Society of American Florist’s...
The Delta variant of COVID-19 has brought a lot of uncertainty for business owners, but for many florists one thing is certain: whatever the impact...
Growers are preparing to enter this year’s Outstanding Varieties Competition at SAF Orlando 2021, the Society of American Florists’ 136th annual...
The Society of American Florists announced safety protocols focused on keeping convention attendees healthy amid a surge in Covid cases. “The safety...