Fair Trade Roses AvailableWe have some really exciting news here at in Hyde Park. We just received a shipment of Fair Trade Roses from Planterra Farms in Ecuador. They are gorgeous. Why is fair trade important?
Just miles from the equator, rose farms have become a colorful focal point of Ecuador's Andean countryside. With an elevation nearing 10,000 feet, the country's proximity to the sun and cool nights provide perfect growing conditions for long, straight roses. Ecuador's cut-flower industry supplies roughly one-third of America's roses, but the industry is notorious for dangerous pesticides, poor labor practices and corrupt management.
And while fair-trade-certified flowers have been available in Europe for more than a decade, consumer demand in the United States has not pushed flower growers to comply with fair labor practices or to produce a sustainable rose.
"Most people in the U.S. don't understand the conditions under which the flowers they buy are produced," explains Conroy. "It was difficult to campaign against that production until we had an alternative."
The alternative is fair-trade-certified flowers, grown in countries like Ecuador, and available to consumers across the United States. This is only the second Valentine's Day that U.S. companies have opted to sell these "green" roses.
"One of the effects of the fair trade system is that you're empowering people by not only giving them extra money. They also take classes in rudimentary finance, accounting, project management, to manage the extra money they make."
They use sustainable techniques such as growing chamomile to ward off certain pests, introducing spiders to eat other pests and using chili and garlic spray in lieu of chemical pesticides. These practices have made fair trade roses hugely successful in Europe. They believe that the American consumer is now ready to pay a slightly higher price for a more "ethical" rose.
Let's hope so! Come check them out and you will never go back!
Single rose $3.00
Three roses: $7.00
One dozen roses: $25.00
For More Information: http://www.duniamarketplace.com/content1.asp?id=6 Contact: Anna Wulfsong Belt (villbois@mindspring.com)
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