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SAF Issues Letter to Governors
On March 24, the Society of American Florists sent a letter to the nation's governors urging state governments to keep floral and related businesses open during the ongoing COVD-19 crisis, citing the importance of flowers... more »
AmericanHort, NLAE Legislative and Economic Update Webinar Now Available On Demand
On March 23, AmericanHort and the Nursery & Landscape Association Executives of North America hosted a Legislative and Economic Update Webinar The archived version of the webinar is available on the AmericanHort website. During the hour-long webinar, AmericanHort’s Craig... more »
Management — Laser Focused on the Future
The start of a new decade stirs up the fortune teller in all of us, as we look back to predictions of the past and ponder what the future might bring. The arrival of 2020... more »
DHS Releases 35,000 Supplemental H-2B Visas
On March 5, AmericanHort issued the following statement as the Department of Homeland Security announced the release of 35,000 supplemental H-2B visas for Fiscal Year 2020, but with additional conditions and limitations that may undermine... more »
AmericanHort Names 2020 Interior Plantscaper Hall of Fame Inductees
AmericanHort has announced the 2020 inductees to the its Interior Plantscape Hall of Fame – Kathy Johnson Fediw, LEED AP ID+C, CLP, CLT and David Korstad, president of Sedgefield Interior Landscape. The AmericanHort Interior Plantscape... more »
A Time for Action
Last week, AmericanHort sent out two Action Alerts to let growers know that legislators will soon be making a final decision regarding two important topics related to our industry — H-2B visas and agricultural trucking... more »
HRI Awards ‘Mugget’ Scholarship
Annika Kohler, a first-year graduate student at Michigan State University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2019-2020 Mugget Scholarship, presented by the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI). “By being awarded the Mugget Scholarship, I... more »
AFE Launches Career Center
This American Floral Endowment (AFE) has launched a new industry-wide Career Center (AFEcareercenter.com) to connect industry employers with job seekers, students and other professionals pursuing careers in the floriculture and horticulture fields. Within the new AFE... more »
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