Organic Flowers
To many Americans, Mother’s Day means 3 things: brunch, a card, and flowers.
Only a few sons or daughters realize that producing those pretty flowers is very poison-intensive. But a growing number of consumers say they only want to buy flowers grown without chemical pesticides or fertilizers.
Organic flowers do not look or smell any different from non-organic ones, but they are better for the environment, and especially for the tens of thousands of workers, most of them young women, who work in floral greenhouses in Central and South America.
The organic-flower industry is still in the stage of beginning, and to grow them at a scale which is big enough to supply retailers is difficult. At the moment there are fewer than 100 such organic producers worldwide.
So, next time you buy flowers for your mother, try to get organically grown ones. In this way you support a healthier environment, healthier working conditions and fair wages paid to workers in floral greenhouses!