{"id":14885,"date":"2022-11-16T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/commercial-flower-growing-is-very-costly-for-the-environment-whats-the-alternative\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:09","slug":"commercial-flower-growing-is-very-costly-for-the-environment-whats-the-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/commercial-flower-growing-is-very-costly-for-the-environment-whats-the-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial flower growing is very costly for the environment. What&#8217;s the alternative?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-BySP8NfIi tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-Byerv84G8o\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-B1mSD84MLj   \" ><style>.tatsu-B1mSD84MLj .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 70%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Overdevelopment, deforestation, climate change and the commercial floriculture industry are all obstacles to what grows naturally and natively.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Liana Demasi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The cost to the climate is enormous. Take roses, for example. Most American stores buy their roses in the warmer climates of South America, while Europeans buy theirs in Africa. After being bred abroad, they are cut and placed in temperature-controlled boxes and vehicles before finding their way onto the shelves to be purchased by consumers. On Valentine&#8217;s Day alone, this process produces around 9,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">There may be no easy path to a wildflower industry to replace our current commercial one, mainly because the industrialization of anything has the effect of eroding its meaning. In other words, the capitalism inherent in the flower industry turns living things into commodities, and foliage into objects to be owned. Perhaps the first step towards progress is to change the mindset of the global floral industry to see plants not as products, but as they really are: members of our community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-HkEHP8NM8o   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/atmos.earth\/wildflowers-flower-industry-commercial-farming-wilting-planet\/\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Atmos (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atmos (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-HkEHP8NM8o .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,1);color: rgba(232,219,208,1) ;}.tatsu-HkEHP8NM8o .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);color: rgba(255,255,255,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-SJWHvI4fIs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-BySP8NfIi.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Industrie-Fleurs-Agriculture-Impact-Ecologique.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 0px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.45);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-BySP8NfIi .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image of rows of plastic pots containing bunches of flowers wrapped in plastic is a familiar one. Peonies, roses, sunflowers, tulips and daisies are all picked, packed and sent to stores around the world, where they are unpacked, repacked and sold. In 2022, the sector is expected to grow by 1.8%, reaching $6 billion by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/commercial-flower-growing-is-very-costly-for-the-environment-whats-the-alternative\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14885"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15033,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885\/revisions\/15033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}