Ideal Bite

Wanna use your true love's heart for target practice?

02.12.2008

Submitted by tmeronek on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 1:44am.

The Bite:

Ready...aim... They'll bloomin' keel over when you surprise 'em with a bouquet of beautiful, organic flowers. Just keep the defibrillator handy.

The Benefits:

TLC for the planet. In CA alone, nearly 800,000 lb of pesticides are used on conventional flower farms each year.
Just smelling the roses. When you inhale the scent of nonorganic flowers, you're probably inhaling some poisonous chems as well.
A little love for workers, including those in Central and South America, where exposure to pesticides is less controlled than the United States.

Personally Speaking:

Heather once received a disturbing flower basket that included a white, stuffed teddy bear for Valentine's. She really shoulda taken that as a sign.

Wanna Try:

Organic Bouquet - organic Valentine's-ready flowers, including the World's Tallest Roses. Note: flowers don't come arranged ($40-$250).
FTD and 1-800-Flowers - the nation's biggest flower retailers now have eco- and fair-trade bouquet options ($36-$70).
Sam's Club Fair Trade Roses - yeah, it's a big-box store, but if you shop at the Club anyway, you can now get four varieties of fair-trade, eco, cut roses ($65).
Local Harvest - lists flower farmers in your area where you might be able to snag local, in-season buds.
Veriflora - bouquets marked with this label contain sustainably grown flowers from socially responsible growers.
DIY Bite: Go to your local nursery and pick up living, potted flowers for your sweet-tart.

Cocktail Fact

Orchids get their name from the Greek word orchis, meaning testicle.

Bang For The Bite

If 10,000 Biters choose organic roses for Valentine's Day instead of conventionally grown ones, we'll avert the weight of 508 human hearts in pesticides.

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