This week SAF joined a coalition of agricultural interest groups in sending a letter to U.S. Senate leadership urging action on immigration reform....
SAF Makes Push for Ag Labor Reform
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Advocacy Series: 5 Questions about Ag Labor
Editor’s note: Advocating for the floral industry’s needs on Capitol Hill is a key priority for the Society of American Florists. What issues are...
Will the Biden Agenda Help the Floral Industry?
With a new president in the White House and shifting power dynamics on Capitol Hill, will long-standing floral industry issues including immigration...
House Passes Highly Anticipated Immigration Reform Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would streamline parts of the H-2A foreign guest-worker program and establish a path...
House Takes Much-Awaited First Steps on Immigration Reform
Key lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are working to advance solutions to some of the most significant challenges floral industry professionals face in...
President Trump Unveils Immigration Reform Plan
In a Rose Garden address, President Trump unveiled his proposal to reform America’s immigration system calling it a plan “that puts the jobs, wages...
Immigration Action in Washington
The Trump administration has announced that it will issue an additional 30,000 H-2B non-agricultural seasonal work visas in fiscal year 2019 which...
As Immigration Debate Intensifies, SAF Continues its Call for Reform
The Trump administration’s decision to enforce federal policies that result in the separation of children and parents who enter the U.S. illegally —...
Ohio Nursery Subject of ICE Raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 100 employees at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company on Tuesday. The...
Washington Deep in Farm Bill Drama: A Detailed Look
Last week, the House rejected the Farm Bill (officially known as H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018) on a vote of 198 to 213....
Immigration Reform, Like Government Funding, Remains Unsettled
After the three-day shutdown that started over the weekend, Congress has approved funding for the federal government until February 8. The shutdown...
CAD to Ask Congress to Support Three Key Floral Issues
Asking Congress to keep flowers affordable, protect floriculture’s workforce and invest in floral research is what 119 retailers, growers,...
10 SAF-Supported Lawmakers Head to Washington
In the 2016 congressional elections, the Society of American Florists achieved a nearly perfect score in supporting candidates for federal elective...
Predicting Trump’s First 100 Days: Reforms to Taxes, Health Care and Immigration?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, Washington is trying to make sense of a new, unexpected and unpredictable political world. Looking at what...
In Washington, Floral Industry Issues Get Big Play in 2016
When Congress passed a 2,000 plus-page bill in December to fund the federal government through the final nine months of fiscal year 2016, it was a...