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Flowers
Episode 3 of 8
This programme looks at the green shoots in the cut flower trade which was worth 8 billion dollars a year prior to the pandemic.
The world's trading routes have seen a year like no other in 2020. Made on Earth explores how the trades in eight everyday products are adapting - from bicycles to whisky, spices to semiconductors - and how resilience and innovation are paving the road to recovery. This programme looks at the green shoots in the cut flower trade which was worth 8 billion dollars a year prior to the pandemic.
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Tue 24 Nov 202007:30GMT
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The new roots of the flower trade
A shift towards the equator has reinvigorated the global flower trade and local economies
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