It may not be quite so obvious in the first instance but flowers come with a very high carbon footprint. Cut flowers are sprayed with pesticides, drip irrigated, refrigerated, transported often air-freighted: all of this adds up to a pretty carbon-heavy bouquet. Sales of cut flowers increase during Valentine's Day but there are things that should be known before a choice is made.
Flowers in Kenya
Back in 2007, the British Government said that...