Flowers turn to cow food

The Kenyan floral industry, which customarily airlifts 45,000 fresh flowers each day, is in disarray after the recent volcanic activity in Iceland.

“If farmers in Africa’s Great Rift Valley ever doubted that they were intricately tied into the global economy, they know now that they are. Because of a volcanic eruption more than 5,000 miles away, Kenyan horticulture, which as the top foreign exchange earner is a critical piece of the national economy, is losing $3 million a day and shedding jobs.”

Read the full piece from the New York Times here.