Next time you buy flowers, check the rubber band holding the bunch together. Green and gold elastic bands will signify the blooms are locally grown.
abc.net.au/news/australian-flowers-florists-country-of-origin-labelling-bands/102278658Some Australian-grown flowers will be bunched together by new green and gold rubber bands to help buyers identify local blooms.Green and gold rubber bands will be used to identify Australian-grown bloomsPeak industry body Flower Industry Australia is selling the bands to its 250 florist and grower members across the country to strengthen the branding of locally grown flowers.
"There had been a lot of different submissions and we simply just felt abandoned by the Morrison government," Mr van der Zwet said.Overseas flowers needed "A lot of the time, they [buyers] probably don't even know that what they're buying comes from overseas," Mr Pavlou said.Growers call for transparency
"[The] flower industry should be transparent, like other produce, like food, or any manufactured products," she said.
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