Even as the partial government shutdown continues, floral industry members are preparing to make their case to lawmakers this spring. “Make YOUR...
Industry Members Prepare to head to Washington, D.C.
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Midterm Elections May Dramatically Shift Washington — or Not
Americans will go to the polls on November 6 and decide who will control the House and Senate. In 2016 conventional wisdom took a beating when...
SAF Members Can Determine Legislative Priorities of Floriculture Industry
SAF has developed a short survey so its members can weigh-in on their public policy priorities. Members of SAF proved that they are a powerful force...
SAF Needs Your Input on Public Policy Issues
In the wake of several high-profile accomplishments in Washington, SAF would like to get feedback about the public policy issues important to you....
In a Victory for Floral Industry, USDA to Publish 2018 Floriculture Crops Report
A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus. The U.S....
More Progress On Floriculture Industry Priorities
Like the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), requests by SAF and CAD attendees for the continued publication of the Floriculture...
Administration Rescission Package Hits Roadblocks
A White House effort to cut previously enacted spending, including that from the Omnibus spending bill signed by President Trump on March 23, has...
CAD Participants to Ask Congress to Support Three Floral Issues
Asking Congress to protect floriculture’s workforce and invest in floral research is what nearly 100 retailers, growers, wholesalers and suppliers...
FNRI Receives Historic $1 Million in Funding
The Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI) has received $1 million in funding through the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress...
House Subcommittee Head Pays Visit to Hortica
An influential congressman spent about an hour last week visiting a floral industry business. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Illinois-13), chairman of the...
SAF Members Notch Another Win
Because members of SAF met and educated their members of Congress during SAF’s Congressional Action Days, Congress has included significant support...
Stories from Capitol Hill: SAF Members Meet, Greet and Educate Lawmakers
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia-6) does not represent Mike Mooney. In fact, Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,...
SAF Members Take to Congress – and the White House – During CAD
More than 90 Society of American Florists members representing all industry segments, three countries, 25 states and the District of Columbia,...
Remember to Complete Your CAD Surveys
Thanks to all SAF members who took time from their schedules to attend SAF’s Congressional Action Days this week. As Kate Penn noted yesterday in an...
Watch SAF Lobbyists Explain CAD ‘Asks’ on Facebook Live
Coming to the Society of American Florists’ Congressional Action Days in March and wondering what exactly the trade association does for the...