HRI Celebrates $240,000 in Contributions During Cultivate’19
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the AmericanHort foundation, is pleased to announce the receipt of $240,000 in donations during its reception, held in conjunction with Cultivate’19 in Columbus, OH. More than 150 industry professionals attended the summer reception, which celebrated HRI supporters. The reception recognized more than $240,000 in donations supporting horticultural scholarships and research. Friends and […]
HRI Celebrates $240,000 In Contributions Durning Cultivate’19
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the AmericanHort foundation, is pleased to announce the receipt of $240,000 in donations during its reception, held in conjunction with Cultivate’19 in Columbus, OH. More than 150 industry professionals attended the summer reception, which celebrated HRI supporters. The reception recognized more than $240,000 in donations supporting horticultural scholarships and research. Friends and […]
Digital Marketing and Content Development
Small or large, businesses that are not using digital marketing need to understand the importance of it. In today’s world, digital marketing helps your business thrive in a competitive landscape and lets you reach the audience and customers you need to reach. However, for many, digital marketing may seem confusing or intimidating, especially when it […]
Digital Marketing and Content Development
A key element of our COVID-19 response effort at AmericanHort has been to support efforts to enable the horticulture industry supply chain to function as peak season arrives. Federal guidance from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) establishes a “critical infrastructure/essential worker” framework. However, decision authority rests at the state and sometimes […]
Top Seven Tips For Meeting With Your Lawmakers
Tristan Daedalus The 2019 Impact Washington Summit is right around the corner and many are getting ready to make lasting connections in meetings with lawmakers and Congressional staff that can affect policy for years to come. How do you make meetings like these, and with your own local government, as effective as they can be? […]
What’s Bugging Us? New Beetle Discovered in NYC
In New York City, of all places, a new species of Agrilus beetle was discovered in an historic cemetery on beech trees. Agrilus beetles are known as jewel beetles and have over 3000 known species worldwide, the largest number of species of any genus in the animal kingdom. Other infamous members of the Agrilus genus […]
Appropriations and H-2B
How Congress ends up funding the federal government will determine whether we see an H-2B seasonal worker visa fix in time for 2020. For this reason, we’re providing frequent status updates. The House and Senate recently passed, and the President has signed, a bill that sets federal government spending limits for the next two years […]
Iowa Congresswoman Schooled on Horticulture
U.S. Representative Abigail Finkenauer (D-IA-1) visited AmericanHort leader Mike Gooder and Plantpeddler on July 30. During the visit, she toured production of rooted Poinsettias, various finished crops, facility expansion, and trial gardens. She fell totally in love with the Sunfinity® Sunflower and the story behind the plant. The Plantpeddler team took full advantage of the […]
Unpacking the H-2A Proposed Rule
As reported last time, the Department of Labor has published a proposed rule seeking to modernize and improve the H-2A agricultural visa program. Many of our nursery and greenhouse producers use the program, and others are evaluating it as the labor situation worsens. As AmericanHort prepares to officially comment on the proposal, we are sharing a “side […]
FMCSA Seeks Guidance on Agricultural Commodities
After a two-year effort to urge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to address the opaqueness of the “agricultural commodity” definition used for transportation policy, the agency has finally issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comment on what should be considered an “agricultural commodity.” Via a press announcement on July 29, both Transportation Secretary […]