
An investigative look at the global cut flower industry from breeding labs to farms, exploring commerce, technology, and its environmental and social costs.
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An investigative look at the global cut flower industry from breeding labs to farms, exploring commerce, technology, and its environmental and social costs.
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horitcultural legend who create...
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content depicted
No violent or gory content
No profanity or strong language
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQ+ representation
No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft elements
No occult or demonology content
Discusses labor exploitation and environmental impacts in global flower trade
No self-harm or suicide content
Covers worker exploitation and environmental harm in flower production
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