Ethiopian Roses

By Miss Cellania in Travel on Feb 13, 2008 at 1:23 am

Many of the Valentines Day roses presented in Europe are grown in Ethiopia. Over 100,000 roses are exported each day! And the custom of giving flowers is catching on domestically. Floriculture is one of Ethiopia’s fastest-growing industries, because the government makes it easy for flower companies to obtain land and startup loans. National Geographic has a video report on Ethiopian roses. Link

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MLSherrod
Feb 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Many Roses imported here State side are also sent from Ecuador. Look for that when you go to purchase your roses from stores. I’ve been, and the plantations are amazing.
Nate Deviate
Feb 13th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
I would love to smell a place where they mass grew roses… MMMMMMMM!
Alex
Feb 13th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
@Nate Deviate: I betcha it’ll smell like fertilizer …
Vako
Feb 13th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I like to eat roses.
Gaby
Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:21 am
@Vako: Well, there’s this recide of chicken in roses’ sauce, and crystallized roses…

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