NC Grower Offers Brief Direct-To-Consumer Access To Spring Flowers

Grower Castle Hayne Farms, whose only customers are florists, floral wholesalers, supermarkets and Internet retailers, makes one exception a year at the Wilmington NC Garden Show.

Made in Surrey, BC: Olympic Bouquets

Just Beginnings, the Surrey flower shop and florists training program for troubled women is teaching them how to combine green spider mums, hypericum berries and broad leaf greens with loops of monkey grass, leatherleaf fern and aspidistra leaves to make floral bouquets for medal winners at the 2010 Olympics.

Colombian Flower Sales Wither In US

Sales of Colombian cut flowers are expected to fall in the United States this
year due to a reduction in the country’s consumer spending, changing climate
patterns and an increase in the value of the Colombian peso.

Dean Foods’ Dairy Biz Moves To Leo Burnett Worldwide

February 3, 2010 David Gianatasio, AdWeek

Dean Foods’ Fresh Dairy Direct unit has tapped Leo Burnett in Chicago as its
lead creative agency following a review.

Should Middle-Aged Guys Who Rarely Drink Milk Take Calcium?

The recommended daily allowance of calcium in men which is 1,000 mg for men age 19-50 and 1,200 mg for men older than 50.