How Colombia bloomed into a US flower power
Friday, February 13, 2015
The Valentine's Day industrial complex, complete with mandatory red roses and bouquets of flowers, owes a debt to the sweeping savannahs around Bogotá.
Fifty years ago, Colombia shipped its first batch of fresh-cut flowers to Miami ($20,000 worth of carnations by some accounts) and jump-started a billion-dollar industry.
Source: Tribune News Service