2014 Rose Parade & American-Grown

The amazing thing at this years Rose Parade is that there is one float made with over 94 percent American grown flowers. "Bedtime Buccaneers" is the float to watch and to cheer for!

Do you know where the roses in the Rose Bowl come from? It may surprise you to learn that the roses adorning the floats are grown in South America, as are about 80 percent of all the cut flowers flowers sold in the United States.

I caught up with Kasey Cronquist, the CEO/Ambassador of the California Cut Flower Commission, to ask a few questions about the Rose Parade.

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