Note to self: Make sure you buy RED ROSES for Valentine’s Day!
Q: Where do RED ROSES come from in mid-February?
Most red roses sold for Valentine's Day in the U.S. are imported from South America despite the fact that California produces 60% of all American roses.
However, during the Winter for the Valentine’s Day holiday, the United States buys more than 1 Billion roses each year, mainly imported from Columbia, Netherlands, and Ecuador. Approximately 110 million RED ROSES will be sold and delivered within the three-day Valentine's Day time period. Because American producers are unable to grow enough roses in time to meet the increase in demand, the United States must import the roses it needs for Valentine's Day sales.
The red roses you buy in mid-February will be cut and packaged, and then flown from South America by fleets of 777 cargo airplanes, mostly arriving in Miami within hours, then distributed to wholesalers all across the United States. Once your red roses are cut in South America, they are immediately chilled to preserve freshness, and kept chilled up to the moment you take them out of the display case in the supermarket, or delivered by the florist. The entire processing cycle will be only few a days from the grower in South America, to the distributor in Miami, to your local florist delivering them to your doorstep.
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