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Giving – or hoping to get – Valentine’s Day flowers this year? If so, it’s a good bet those Valentine’s Day flowers are making their way to the USA via Miami International Airport (MIA). Around this time of year, MIA reminds us that 89 percent of all U.S. flower imports that arrive by air come […]

How do flowers get from Bogota, Colombia to the U.S. and other parts of the world in time for Mother's Day - or my birthday? I joined United Airlines on a 'follow the flowers' trip to find out. We start with the farm tour.

You may think ‘apples’ when you think of produce that is plentiful in the Northwest, but cherries – Bing, Rainier, Chelan, Lapin and other varieties – take pride of place here too. In the past five years the Northwest Cherry Industry packed and sold an average of 196,000 tons of fresh cherries, reaching an all […]

Giving – or hoping to get – Valentine’s Day flowers this year? If so, it’s a good bet those Valentine’s Day flowers are making their way to the USA via Miami International Airport (MIA). Around this time of year, MIA reminds us that 89 percent of all U.S. flower imports that arrive by air come […]

How do flowers get from Bogota, Colombia to the U.S. and other parts of the world in time for Mother's Day - or my birthday? I joined United Airlines on a 'follow the flowers' trip to find out. We start with the farm tour.

You may think ‘apples’ when you think of produce that is plentiful in the Northwest, but cherries – Bing, Rainier, Chelan, Lapin and other varieties – take pride of place here too. In the past five years the Northwest Cherry Industry packed and sold an average of 196,000 tons of fresh cherries, reaching an all […]