“ The political campaign - up to Mother ’s Day has been dispute this year , " explicate Christine Boldt , executive vice chairperson of the Association of Floral Importers of Florida ( AFIF ) . factor contributing to the challenge were issues with the weather in South America , logistics , unexpected high requirement , and the late strikes in Colombia . " Fortunately , the legal age of the flower were ready and arrived on clip , making this twelvemonth ’s Mother ’s Day a very pleasing one . "
All challenges in a rowFor the South American agriculturalist , Mother ’s Day season bulge off challenge already . " ahead of time on , the weather create a challenge as it was delaying the harvest . Fortunately , it meliorate start the craw to pick up up , but logistics created another challenge , followed by the demand of the customers that was gamy than look for . For the Colombians , the protests create another unanticipated challenge . And when the blossom arrived in the US , the next challenge occurred : the truckage dearth . "
dissent in ColombiaWhen emphasizing the billet in Colombia , the last days of the Mother ’s Day season have been nerve - racking for several farms . Unfortunately , farm in Facatativa reported to have been terrorized by the protester in Colombia . " They have jeopardize to combust our farm down and to burn down the transport we apply to shuttle our employee , " says Maray Smith ofThe Elite Flower , a large bloom producer with farms in that sphere . " On top of that , the main roads to the airport have been blocked off and we find ourselves having to allow cargo behind due to this . In turn , this has caused all-encompassing hold in our abilities to surrender production to the US for fulfill orders for our customers on the wholesale , Mass Market , and e - Commerce Department spectrum . "
Successful seasonDespite the great difficulties some farms experienced , all in all , the Mother ’s Day season has been very successful , and entire exports may be even high than the previous two days , says Augusto Solano , Chief Executive of the Colombian Association of Flower Exporters Asocolflores . " Despite the job of civil unrest , mobilisation , and transfer electrical capacity hurt by the country and contribute to the pandemic , the joint work between Asocolflores and the National Government had a positive impact to abide by with international orders . "
Good Mother ’s Day sales expectedBy this time , all farms have shipped out their flowers and all bloom are in the US , ready to go to the final consumer . And expectation for this year ’s sales are high . " We bear high need and we consider that the consumer will receive peachy fresh abbreviate bloom . All in all , we hope that all US consumer purchase flowers for their mammy ’s , wives , and other important women in their lives for this Mother ’s solar day . "
