Thanks to Rob Chambers for the tipoff to a Conversation article on flowers, and the efforts to meet the demand around Valentine's Day which leads to millions of air freighted blooms from African nations being imported to countries such as the UK.
Louise Ellis authored one of the GA's KS3 Toolkit books called 'A Thorny Issue' on this issue, and the employment that is created, plus some environmental issues....
I bought my Valentine's Day flowers from Waitrose, and they came with a heart which had been made by the UPEED and SATUBO women's groups in Kenya.
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