The Table Is Set For a “Buy American” Message
The First Lady’s Luncheon is where flower and foliage growers look to revive its wilting industry

The early morning, late summer fog still clings to wide open grassy areas along a quiet stretch of U.S. Highway 17. It’s where an oversized welcome sign to rural Pierson, Florida, flanked on each side with American flags, greets visitors right across from a local feed store. The sign, at the edge of the two-lane roadway, is the kind that sparks excitement (and relief) that this must be the place.
“Fern Capital of the World,” it reads. And below that another accolade: “Hometown of Chipper Jones,” a local boy who made it big, real big. Major League Baseball kind of big, with a near 20-year …
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