U.S. growers of flowers and foliage are receiving federal aid through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Marketing Assistance for Specialty...
More than 60 floral industry professionals will take to Capitol Hill next week to talk with legislators about key issues that are important to the...
The U.S. floral industry will soon have — for the first time — comprehensive data on domestic floriculture production and sales in all 50 states...
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is making changes to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) —...
Total floriculture crop value is up, and Florida leads the way in production value, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2020...
“Small businesses have the ability to straddle the ideological divide and influence issues.” That’s what speaker Mike Cuzzi told four dozen floral...
Despite significant challenges, the Society of American Florists recently helped secure an additional $500,000 in funding for the U.S. Department of...
The USDA has announced the second round of aid to assist growers with the impact of COVID-19 — and this time, the payouts will be bigger....
Time is running out for floriculture growers affected by COVID to apply for the current round of USDA aid through the Coronavirus Food Assistance...
In a major win for the industry’s flower growers — and the retailers, wholesalers and suppliers who depend on them — the U.S. Department of...
As reported earlier this spring, the Society of American Florists, leading a coalition of other industry trade associations, successfully advocated...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture signaled its support for a program aimed at protecting specialty crop growers — including those in the floral...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published the 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary — a report that came about as a direct result of lobbying...
SAF and AmericanHort submitted joint comments to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in response to its request for input about...
The recent federal spending bill that Congress approved to fund the government included $500,000 for the publication of the Floriculture Crops...