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<p>Grab a simple bouquet from your local grocery store and you're activating a global network of farms, shipping companies, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers. Zachary Crockett stops to smell the roses.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.mellano.com/">Bob Mellano</a>, vice president of wholesale operations for Mellano & Company.</li><li><a href="https://www.ocwholesaleflowers.com/">Jasmine Gomez-Gonzalez</a>, chief operations officer at OC Wholesale Flowers.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/valentines-flowers-imports-tariffs-colombia/">From Colombia with love: The journey of a Valentine’s Day bouquet</a>," by Júlia Ledur and Fabiola Ferrero <i>(The Washington Post,</i> 2015).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/02/12/valentines-day-bouquet-flowers-supply-chain">Your Valentine’s Day bouquet probably came a long way</a>," by...