Warmer spring weather means we get to talk about warm-weather crops! For this, let's take a little trip to our farm in Baja, California. We've talked about our Baja partnership with Roberto Gomez before, which began a little over 5 years ago in order to fulfill increasing demand for sunflowers in the market. Now, I want to talk about our second biggest crop that comes out of Baja (second to sunflowers): Snapdragons.
Our Baja farm did indeed begin as a sunflower-centric farm, but Baja's year-round idyllic weather prompted us to begin growing additional crops such as Bells of Ireland, Amazon Dianthus, Eryngium,Waxflower, Solidago, and, of course, the aforementioned Snapdragons.
Great weather isn't the only thing helping these snaps flourish. Other added (and important!) benefits include shared knowledge, resources, experience, and equipment between all our farms. Most importantly, our company's core values and commitment to quality ties us all together, so while our growing locations may vary (from Arcata to Willow Creek to Oxnard to Baja), our principles do not. For example, while our California farms are Bloom Check Certified, our farm in Baja is Rainforest Alliance Certified (and is one of the few farms in Mexico with this certification).
To read the rest of the story, please go to: Sun Valley Group's Flower Talk
