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A woman picks roses inside a greenhouse at Wildfire Flowers on February 13th, 2019, in Naivasha, Kenya. Kenya accounts for 38 percent of the flower industry's market share in the European Union, according to the Kenya Flower Council, an industry group. Approximately 50 percent of its exported flowers are sold at auctions in the Netherlands, the source of most of Europe's Valentine's Day bouquets. Kenya's floriculture industry earned more than $800 million in 2017, providing employment to over 100,000 people in the country, according to industry data.

Viewfinder: Inside Kenya’s Floriculture Industry

A woman picks roses inside a greenhouse at Wildfire Flowers on February 13th, 2019, in Naivasha, Kenya.

Pacific Standard Staff

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News in Brief

How the California Department of Transportation Drove a Rare Flower to the Edge of Extinction

When it comes to imperiled species, sometimes carelessness kills.

Environment

Northern California Is Already Losing Wildflowers Because of Climate Change

A study of a reserve near Davis finds a decline in wildflower diversity since 2000.