During my 40 minute drive to Bob’s HQ each morning, I like to listen to podcasts.  Among my favorite podcasts is Freakonomics Radio.  Last week host Stephen Dubner explored the complexity of making something as simple as a pencil.  The episode featured a famous economics essay, “I, Pencil: My Family Tree” by Leonard E. Read.  When you visit one of our markets, you are only seeing a small part of a huge supply chain.  Let’s take a look at how a plant grown from seed gets to one of our markets.  Since spring is just around the corner, let’s take a look at growing pansies.

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