We are very saddened to hear the recent news regarding the burning of Esmeralda’s Flower Farm in Ethiopia. Their total investment has been completely destroyed, which has now resulted in them closing their operation in Holland, where the majority of the Ethiopian product was sold from. At this point, we are not aware of any affects this will have on Connectaflor in Miami, who are exclusive distributors of Esmeralda’s South American grown product. We also do not feel that there will be any immediate impacts on flowers we import from Holland, but it something we will keep a close eye on as things progress.
Below is an expert from an article posted by nltimes.nl regarding the reason behind the attack:
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