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🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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0:00.0 | Blaze Radio Network. |
0:02.8 | And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher. |
0:06.6 | For those of you listening live, today is the big love day day. |
0:11.5 | Happy Valentine's Day, February 14th. |
0:15.3 | I know the year is 2025. |
0:18.3 | So you're not alone, and you're, you are projected to spend, and not just you alone, but everyone, |
0:25.8 | I was expected to spend $2.9 billion on V-Day Flowers. |
0:31.9 | That's according to the National Retail Federation. |
0:35.7 | Yeah. |
0:36.8 | This story talks about how the inspectors at the Miami International go through all the |
0:44.2 | flowers that come into the country. |
0:46.9 | Nearly 80% of the fresh cut flowers in florist shops, supermarkets, and even sold online in the U.S. are imported, mainly from |
0:57.2 | Colombia and Ecuador. And I'm sure nothing else comes in with them, just the flowers. |
1:03.1 | About 90% of these airborne imports enter the U.S. through Miami International, where custom |
1:10.4 | agents specializing |
1:11.8 | in agriculture have already inspected |
1:16.3 | and cleared a billion flowers this year. |
1:20.2 | So they have this huge flower cargo depot |
1:24.3 | where they have 450,000 square feet |
1:27.5 | of refrigerated warehouse space. |
1:29.7 | Yeah, that's pretty big. |
1:32.7 | So, |
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