03/25/10 - CCFC to Continue through 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kasey Cronquist, IOM
California Cut Flower Commission
805.696.5000
kcronquist@ccfc.org
California Cut Flower Commission Passes Continuation Referendum
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 24, 2010) - The California Cut Flower Commission (CCFC) recently passed its mandatory referendum with a majority of its qualified flower farms voting in favor of the Commission's continuation. This favorable passing of the referendum means the Commission will continue its service to California Cut Flower farmers for the next five years.
"I am pleased to continue the important work of the CCFC," said CCFC Chairman Hans Brand, owner of B&H Flowers. "The Commission works to do for all of us what none of us could accomplish alone. It unites us California flower farmers, provides industry leadership and a voice at the table where decisions are being made that affect our bottom-lines."
As a producer funded organization, the CCFC is required to hold a continuation referendum every five years to allow its assessment paying growers to determine its future service to the industry. The Commission's current scope of work includes promotion, transportation, governmental affairs and grower economic development.
For the official announcement from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) visit: http://it.cdfa.ca.gov/igov/docs/48-42%20Referendum%20Results%20Notice%20-%20CCFC%202010.pdf
About the California Cut Flower Commission
The CCFC is a state commission, created by the state legislature to promote California- grown cut flowers and foliages. The CCFC is overseen by the California Department of Food and Agriculture and is funded by assessments on flower farms with gross sales over $500,000. There are approximately 275 growers of flowers and foliage distributed throughout the state. They produce and market some $330 million worth of flowers and foliage each year and has an economic impact of $10.3 billion to the state's economy. California's cut flower farms employ approximately 14,000 people directly.
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