Why buy organic flowers?

When people stop to shop for flowers and they see signs on a florist's table marked “Organic,” they stop to ponder why they should bother paying a little extra for organic flowers. After all, people don't live off of flowers, they smell great, and look fabulous-if they're not going to be eating them, what's the use of purchasing something that's organic when it's not consumed? When looking into detailed reports, flowers that are grown with toxins are most often shipped to the United States because the chemicals used on flowers would not be allowed to cross the U.S. Borders. Even though planting flowers with chemicals provides a lot of jobs for people living in poverty, they unknowingly expose themselves to such harmful poisons to help pay their own bills. Is this worth it? Growing flowers organically would also provide work, even if a little more labor intensive-and their flowers would truly be fresh and grown with the best care available. It's time to think critically about why organically grown plants are overall a better choice, not only for the places we live, but also for the planet outside of our familiar towns.