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A team of 60 CalPoly college students took home the coveted Crystal City Innovation Award at this year\u2019s Rose Parade in Pasadena.<\/p>\n

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Today, the average Rose Parade float is a reflection of your average grocery store bouquet, with approximately 80% of the flowers being imported from countries such as Colombia and Ecuador. CalPoly\u2019s team was committed to something different, something innovative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Crystal City Innovation Award is given to the float that reflects the best use of imagination & innovation to advance the art of float building.<\/p>\n

The Tournament of Roses has three judges that use a set of criteria to help them decide on which floats receive each of the different awards. I\u2019m not exactly sure what the specific criteria is for the Innovation Award, but based on my experience working with these CalPoly students this year, there are three reasons why I believe CalPoly\u2019s float entry, \u201cBedtime Buccaneers,\u201d was deserving of an award for their imagination and innovation.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Their Float Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s always a magical moment to see a year\u2019s worth of hard work make its way down Colorado Blvd. on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This year\u2019s float design was not only pleasing to the eye, but it was built with some very creative animation. Not only were they able to make their bed appear to rock back and forth in that sea of Iris and have canons appearing to fire from under a quilt of roses, but they were also able to make the Iris have a rippling effect that made the Iris appear even more like the ocean it represented. \u00a0I don\u2019t know exactly how they did it, but it was very cool.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Their Flower Decisions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With over 14,000 stems, no other Rose Parade float had as many home grown roses as CalPoly\u2019s float.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I know for certain that the origin of flowers used in their design was not a criteria for the Innovation Award. However, it should be. CalPoly\u2019s commitment to become a certified \u201cCA Grown\u201d float was a great example of the team\u2019s imagination and innovation. CalPoly\u2019s commitment to California Grown Flowers required that they think differently than any of the other float team in the parade. The average team in the Rose Parade sourced their roses, carnations and chrysanthemums from South America. However, due to the impact imports have had on our domestic flower farms in the past 20 years, CalPoly\u2019s team had to think creatively on how to ensure that their design would maintain a threshold of 85% or better fresh cut flowers from California.<\/p>\n

And they did it! In fact, their float was pushing 95% CA Grown Flowers when it was all said and done.<\/p>\n

The CalPoly team accomplished something that no other float in the 2014 Rose Parade: they were \u201cCA Grown.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Their Team of Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Student leaders of CalPoly\u2019s Rose Float team accepting their official certificate of achieving their \u201cCA Grown\u201d status.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Personally, I believe the fact that this team is an volunteer team of college students makes their entry the most compelling story in the parade. Due to the noisy nature of media coverage during the run up to the rose parade, this is a story that doesn\u2019t receive the kind of attention it deserves. What an accomplishment for a team of young people, competing with corporate titans likes Dole Foods, Honda, etc., to walk away with one of the most coveted of float awards, the Crystal City Innovation Award, while also being \u201cCA Grown\u201d Certified.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to CalPoly Universities! On behalf of the flower farmers of California, your commitment to supporting our farms and their flowers makes a difference and is appreciated.<\/p>\n

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CalPoly Universities Presidents Mike Ortiz of Pomona (far left) and Jeff Armstrong of San Luis Obispo (right of Ortiz) hold their respective banners of \u201cCA Grown\u201d achievement on behalf of their campuses.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note – CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joined the festivities at the Rose Parade and is on the right in the last two photos. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Link to original blog post – http:\/\/americasflowers.org\/congratulations-to-calpoly-universities-a-cagrown-success\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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