Roses are red. Not green.

For all the talk about the importance of local foods and the impact that shipping food from around the world has on the environment, isn't it time to take a long, hard look at the flower industry?

In many cases, flowers are shipped to destinations around the world in refrigeration, and for no other purpose than decoration.  While I am admittedly cutting down my consumption of lemons and limes because of the energy required bringing them to me, at least they are providing the vitamins...