Mellano & Company , a prominent mien on the landscape painting of California bloom farming for more than 90 years , has latterly achieved their BloomCheck certification for their sustainable practice session on their farm in northern San Diego County .
Mellano & Company recently invite their BloomCheck Certification , recognizing their farm for their commitment to sustainable bloom and green production .
For CEO Mike A. Mellano , being BloomCheck - certified helps make his business stiff both inwardly and out .
From the outside , it differentiates Mellano & Company ’s flowers in the marketplace and certifies them as sustainably grown based on a exercise set of domestic production standards .
From the inside , it strengthens the company by play its practices into precipitous focus .
“ prosecute the BloomCheck certification required us to create targets and goal that helped us focus on improvement and be recognize for our dedication to environmental stewardship , ” Mellano said . “ BloomCheck puts us in a position to promote and communicate all the good things we ’re doing as bloom and greens James Leonard Farmer in California . ”
Flower farmer that become BloomCheck license have undergone a strict third - party audited account to insure they ’re using respectable drill for sustainability when it comes to water , airwave and soil quality ; wildlife protection ; and social impact on workers and the community . That mean reducing energy use , recycling piddle , deploying biological pest direction and following the practice of law when it comes to state and federal employment rules and regularization .
Protected Harvest , an independent non-profit-making administration that certifies the sustainability of agriculture operations , does the on - site auditing to see farm are fulfil the standard .
Mike Mellano of Mellano & Company reach a tour of the company ’s ranunculus production at The Flower Fields of Carlsbad . exposure by Carrie McCluskey Photography .
“ BloomCheck is the gilded touchstone of sustainability title within the floral industriousness , ” shared Kasey Cronquist , decision maker of the BloomCheck syllabus . “ We ’re proud to recognize and announce Mellano & Company ’s certification and the high bar of commitment to honest practices and environmental stewardship it represents . ”
Mellano is the third generation to campaign the family farm . It covers 375 landed estate at two location in Oceanside and Carlsbad and produces more than 30 unlike detail . Its ranunculus operation in Carlsbad is also a popular agri - touristry site .
At Mellano & Company , prepare for the BloomCheck certification took about 60 days . It was time well spent , Mellano read .
“ I intend it sets a path for us so that we can continually improve on what we ’re doing , ” he said . “ That came through during the app mental process and all the tests . It aim out the things we do that we do n’t really think about .
“ All of a sudden you had to call up about it , you had to write it down and it create a way of life of thought , ‘ Well , what can I do to improve on that ? ’ It creates some very useful prioritization and focus . ”
The BloomCheck process was also a fortune for Mellano & Company to publically prove its loyalty to sustainability .
“ The engagement and communicating with our employees and customers makes this an outbound , publicly visible statement that we are committed and passionate about sustainability . ”
photograph by Carrie McCluskey Photography .
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