After 30 years of progress the state ’s slew peak manufacture and advocating for flower and foliage farmers , the California Cut Flower Commission ( CCFC ) is saying goodbye . " And while we ’re pitiful to see the organization come to an destruction , we ’re excited to share that many of our program , and our vision , will go forward through the reimagined non-profit-making membership organization license American Grown ( CAG ) , " they say in a message on theirwebsite .
Over the years , CCFC earned a reputation for sharing the beauty , value , and importance of the gazillion of theme of flower and greens grown right here in California . Our voice was get wind in the halls of the state capitol and in Washington , D.C. , all with an eye on supporting the country ’s flower - raise sept and the income they impart to the country ’s economic system while explaining to consumer and others why line of descent issue .
More specifically , over three decades , CCFC helped expand the size and significance of the Congressional Cut Flower Caucus ; established theBloomCheck Certification program ; helped the Rose Parade generate to its stem of showcasing California agriculture ; created California Cut Flowers Month andAmerican Grown Flowers Month ; establishedCertified American Grown ; provided California Grown Flowers to grand of events ; raise the profile of the United States Department of State ’s cut blossom industry and the grandness of flower blood with consumers ; and gain new overseas markets with one of California ’s most worthful exports .
Which is all to say that CCFC moved the needle in so many , many ways on behalf of bloom farmers and to the benefit of consumers .
" And we could n’t have done it without the livelihood of the farmers themselves , consumer , florists , wholesalers , and retailers who add up to understand the # originmatters message and help spread the Holy Scripture . "
Michael A. Mellano , Mellano & Company , Chairman of the Board : " I have been reward to have been able to answer all the gash bloom James Leonard Farmer in the land as a Commissioner and Chairman of the CCFC for over 30 old age . Being part of the organization as a founding conductor ( and now as the final Chairman ) has been one of the most fulfilling attainment in my professional career and I want to give thanks each and every cultivator for leave me to represent their corporate and diverse interests . It saddens me deeply to see the CCFC cheeseparing down , but I am brace by the opportunity that lie forward for all domestic grower through Certified American Grown trend and I encourage each and every cut prime sodbuster in California to leap on gameboard to help us keep up the positivistic impulse that we ’ve created . "
Saying sayonara to a expert affair is never leisurely , but luckily , they ’re really just suppose , “ receive us under a newfangled umbrella ! ”
Many of CCFC ’s programs and people can be found over at demonstrate American Grown , an governance that allows us to carry on our workplace at a home level . And we ’d be deeply thankful if you would continue to underpin our mission and vision through CAG .
Dave Pruitt , CEO : “ It is semisweet for me to have had the exclusive right of being both a CCFC ground Father / 2nd Chairman in 1990 as well as its closing chief operating officer thirty twelvemonth later . As a life history - long California cut of meat flower farmer myself , I could not be prouder to have stick out next to my fellow farmers all these years and carry through this listing of undischarged progress together . know that variety is ceaseless and embracing that evolutionary process , I am frantic to conduct the launching team for Certified American Grown . I receive the collective country of flower farmers to join us in our cause and continue to feel inspired about the future of emasculated flowers and greens grown on American soil . ”
Stay tune as they deal more about CAG and our forthcoming program and events . And keep buy domestically grown prime and greens ! That ’s the very good way to endorse America ’s prime and foliage farmers .
For more information : California Cut Flower CommissionPO Box 90225 , Santa Barbara , CA93190-0225www.ccfc.org
