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Mother’s Day is the second-most important holiday for cut-flower growers and sellers in our country. At this moment, 109,915 employees in more than 24,000 floral shops across our nation are especially busy preparing, selling and delivering floral arrangements for Mother’s Day. Read the rest of this entry »

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As the G20 agree to inject $250 billion to kick-start global trade, a new survey sponsored by UPS says Latin America businesses are optimistic about a recovery in the next 12 months.

Business Monitor Latin America (BMLA) says small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) foresee growth in global trade, especially within the region and with Asia Pacific. Read the rest of this entry »

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MIAMI (CBS4) ―When you send or receive a beautiful bouquet of roses for Valentine’s Day, it may have some prickly thorns, but it won’t have any harmful pests thanks to the hard work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Miami CBP agriculture specialists are busy making sure that flower imports used in Valentine’s Day bouquets are free from insects and diseases considered dangerous to American agriculture. Read the rest of this entry »

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On October 8, 2008, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (”APHIS”), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, published a Federal Register notice proposing the implementation of the declaration requirements instituted by recent amendments to the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act, which dates back to 1900 and was designed to combat trafficking in “illegal” wildlife, fish and plants, was significantly expanded as part of the 2008 Farm Bill. Read the rest of this entry »