{"id":10034,"date":"2016-01-05T09:13:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T16:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=10034"},"modified":"2016-01-05T09:13:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T16:13:45","slug":"california-grown-flowers-adorn-award-winning-floats-at-rose-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/01\/05\/california-grown-flowers-adorn-award-winning-floats-at-rose-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"California-grown flowers adorn award-winning floats at Rose Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again I was honored and thrilled to receive an invitation from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccfc.org\/\">California Cut Flower Commission<\/a> to spend time with them last week at the fabulous Rose Parade. The Commission has developed partnerships with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiagrown.org\/\">Buy California Marketing Agreement<\/a> (CA Grown), the floral company FTD, the California Milk Advisory Board, Miracle-Gro, and Cal Poly University (both the SLO and Pomona campuses) to utilize primarily California-grown flowers, seeds and other plant materials for their floats and vehicles in the parade!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10039\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Milk-two.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10039\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10039\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Milk-two-400x269.jpg\" alt=\"The California Milk Advisory's Rode Parade float, &quot;Adventures in Real Food. \" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Milk Advisory Board&#8217;s Rose Parade float, &#8220;Adventures in Real Food.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prior to the parade, I was pleased to provide certification that 85 percent of the flowers on the Cal Poly, Miracle-Gro and Milk Advisory Board floats were CA Grown. Achieving that designation requires extraordinary planning, creative designs and innovative engineering, as well as a year-round working relationship with flower growers who must plant the right crops to be ready for the big day. All that work paid off \u2013 the Cal Poly float, called &#8220;Sweet Shenanigans,&#8221; once again won the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/lifestyle\/20160101\/here-are-the-2016-rose-parade-float-award-winners\">Lathrop K. Leishman Award\u00a0<\/a>for the Most Beautiful Non-Commercial Float. Miracle-Gro&#8217;s float, &#8220;Life Starts Here,&#8221; won the coveted Governor&#8217;s Award. 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