Florists and growers are calling for country-of-origin logos to be placed on bunches of flowers this Valentine's Day to support growers battling a glut of cheap imports and years of drought and bushfires.
But one of the biggest challenges will be convincing consumers to move away from the tradition of giving imported roses and instead buying Australian wildflowers or other locally grown alternatives. Salvatore Russo, secretary of the NSW Flower Growers group, said the flower industry was going through a big structural change.
"We've gone through nearly 20 years of importers dominating our market and the decimation of the flower industry in Australia," Mr Russo said. "In the 90s we had around 6,000 florists [in NSW], now we are down to 1,800. We used imports as supplements for seasonal changes."
Why don't we have place of origin labelling on cut flowers, It is such a no brainer!
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