Under the disdain of President Ivan Duque of Colombia and Minister - president Mark Rutte of The Netherlands , Florius Flowers manager Bas Vloet and Julian Perez have signed an understanding with the Colombian Special Asset Company SAE for the longsighted - term term of a contract of a flower farm situated in Valley del Cauca , Colombia .

Bas Vloet and Julian Perez , together with SAE representatives , proud to present the understanding

Florius Flowers has been active in the international floriculture industry for over 20 years and has been the marketplace frontrunners in the nurture , production , and statistical distribution of the Hypericum Coco Series and the Veronica Smart Series . Florius ’ blossom are currently get by six partner farms situate in both Kenya and Ethiopia . guess into Colombia enables Florius Flowers to radiate its output regions and gain a more eco - friendly access into the North American cutting - flower markets using sea transportation .

The region where the farm will ariseAs a group , Florius Flowers has been search the opportunities in South America for a flow of over 7 twelvemonth and has by choice opt the Colombian Coffee Region for its strategic location , climatological conditions , and for the great musical accompaniment they have take in from the local , regional , and national governmental agencies to make their projection bechance . Florius would also like to exsert their special thanks to the consultants and enquiry partners of NS Del Tropico , Invest Pereira , Invest Pacific as well as the Dutch diplomatic mission in Bogota , who have follow them throughout the first phase of their Colombian journeying .

The former Vanguardia newsprint mill in Pereira

for achieve optimum result , Florius Flowers will be function their post - harvest and flower processing out of the former Vanguardia paper mill in Pereira , which they will redesign into a state - of - the - art cold chain adroitness particularly project for reefer container bloom exports . Florius Flowers ’ doctrine is “ We grow flowers in balance with nature , hoi polloi and order ” . remain truthful to their philosophy , only a underage part of their land is used for dynamic craw production ; the remainder is dedicated to long - term earth rotation and nature conservation . In this way , they can help neutralise the long - terminal figure impact of flower production on the soil and water resources while still enable them to grow year - rotund high - quality crops .

Bas Vloet ( right field ) , together with Dutch MP Mark Rutten and chairperson of the Dutch labor trades union VNO - NCW , Hans de Boer .

Florius Flowers will be pioneering in Colombia by growing flowers outside of the main production areas of the Bogota Savanna and the Medellin Rionegro . By create hundreds of new jobs , Florius will be supporting rural development in field which have been historically dispute . Florius aims to employ up to 80 % adult female in their squad . In monastic order to substantiate working mothers , they will also furnish child daycare .

Hypericum Coco and Veronica Smart SeriesFlorius Flowers ’ farm , which is located within a scenic 2000 ha valley suits their doctrine as it ’s a place where they can conflate flower yield with wildlife preservation , forestry , and cattle farm for many decades to come . interchangeable with their spouse farm , Florius Flowers aspire to apply for the Rainforest Alliance certification . Florius Flowers ’ goal is to have the first product of Hypericum Coco and Veronica Smart Series ready by July 2020 and will be preponderantly aimed for the US market place .

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