Months after failing to pass comprehensive immigration reform, Capitol Hill lawmakers are revisiting the issue, hoping to pass narrower, more focused legislation such as AgJOBS.

Esmeralda Farms, Inc., is now offering retailers a chance to view and purchase their products, without cutting the wholesaler out of the chain.

Cutting out the retailer is the goal of the recently launched Web site, Wholesale-Wedding-Flowers.com.

Myrtle Beach residents in need of an emotional lift may be infusing their home with flowers, as a result of a recent article, “Style flowers to elevate spirits” published in the Myrtle Beach Sun-News.

A new variety of gerbera puts the stem, not the bloom, at center stage. Twelve years in the works, Gerfolia® makes its debut next month at breeder Terra Nigra's facilities in Kedelstaart, The Netherlands.

More than one-third of full-time and part-time U.S. workers aren’t committed to their organization and are likely to leave their jobs within two years, a new study shows.

Yet another sign of the ever-expanding role of online social networking in marketing: 1-800-Flowers.com is letting Facebook users garner loyalty points for sending virtual flowers to their friends.

New York City recently unveiled a sea of flowers, in the form of colorfully hand-painted and weatherproofed adhesives, which permeate throughout the city via taxi cabs.

SAF makes it easy to stay on top of the most current industry trends and information with The Changing Floriculture Industry: A Statistical Overview (fourth edition).

In the Aug. 29 issue of SAF’s Wednesday E-Brief, we reported that Arlene Sorensen, AAF, retired president of Lincoln Wholesale, was the only female to ever serve as president of WF&FSA. In fact, while Sorensen was the first female to serve as president from 2000-2001, Wanda Weder, AAF, of Highland Supply Corp., in Highland, Ill.,  served as president of WF&FSA from 2005-2006.

Almost 78 percent of readers responding to the previous week's e-poll say they do not have a blog. Twenty-two percent say they do.

About three quarters (73 percent) of retail florists used indoor signage, posters or displays to market Halloween merchandise to their customers last year.