Quality
Control at Eden
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Quality
Control at Eden
The Quality Control Staff at Eden Floral Farms are "flower
care professionals." On arrival your flowers are first pre-cooled,
then inspected, deep-cooled, and transferred to a refrigerated
carrier once an order is placed. Click here
to walk through the quality process at Eden Floral Farms.
Distribution
only with Floral Wholesalers
An important part of our quality program is in our policy
of selling only to pre-qualified Floral Wholesalers. The freshest
flowers are delivered only through the traditional channel
of distribution - from Grower/Importer - to Floral Wholesaler
- to Florist. This allows continuous refrigerated transport
from grower to consumer which is scientifically proven to
be far superior to non-refrigerated delivery options. Indeed,
Floral Wholesalers are your link to the freshest longest lasting
flowers possible.
Floral
Transportation Specialists
Eden Floral Farms delivers flowers to specialized floral transportation
professionals. With refrigerated trucks, temperature control
for flowers, and a daily focus on floral care these men and
women are the quality link to the local Floral Wholesaler.
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Eden Floral Farms cold room, quality inspection
center, and loading dock are all refrigerated spaces designed
to maintain the cold temperature needed for proper care and handling.
This is the purpose of a Care and Handling Facility.
From
this commitment to quality has come success for Eden Floral Farms.
Starting in 1981, Eden Floral has grown to be one of the top floral
distributors in Miami, with double-digit increases annually, improving
their customer base and market share in the face of industry consolidation.
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Imagine
a floral Care and Handling Facility the size of half a football
field, 50 yard line to the goal posts, and you visualize the
magnitude of Eden Floral Farm's all new Miami headquarters.
The facility and executive offices are located at 2153 NW
86 Avenue. Near the airport in the Doral-Beacon Center areas.
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Eden
Floral Farms celebrates their 20th year in business with the
completion of one of the largest floral distribution centers
in Miami independently owned and operated. The completion
of this new Care and Handling Facility, with its 20,000 sq.
ft. cold room, is a big step toward the fulfillment of a long-held
vision to provide quality management for customers from the
farm to their door.
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The
new Care and Handling facility is designed to utilize state-of-the-art
environmental controls. New computerized refrigeration technology
will give Eden Floral Farms absolute control of the temperature
and humidity of the facility 24 hours a day. In addition,
the system is designed with a back-up generator capable of
running the complete plant during any interruption of power;
service outage, tropical storm, or hurricane. These are important
safety features needed for the proper care of flowers under
all conditions. The facility’s design also allows Eden Floral
Farms to keep flowers cold from door to door, even during
holidays.
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From
when Eden Floral Farms picks up flowers from the airport in
Miami until flowers are delivered to customers, the flowers
are kept under refrigerated conditions which is essential
to maintaining freshness.
Why
the size? In order to provide all flowers with the proper
care during all seasons- especially Valentines - this size
is essential. With yearly growth for Eden Floral Farms in
double-digits continued growth could be more a problem than
an accomplishment, without the current expansion.
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Refrigerated
trucks of Eden Floral Farms pick-up flowers as they arrive
at Miami International Airport. Immediately flowers are rushed
to Eden Floral’s Care and Handling facility.
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Our
Airtight Dock ensures the hot Miami summer does not enter
the Loading Dock Area. This allows the area to remain at an
optimal temperature for loading and unloading perishable floral
products.
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From
our refrigerated loading platform the flowers are whisked
to one of 24 pre-cooling stations. Cold air from the coolers
is drawn through the shipping cartons to remove warm air
that accumulates inside due to the flowers own respiration
and outside temperature changes.
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Next,
a sample is taken of flowers from each Airway Bill and hand
inspected by Eden Floral Farms Quality Control team. If any
flowers do not pass inspection they are disposed of.
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When
the flowers pass inspection, they are returned to the “Deep
Cooling Area” where we bring the temperature of the flowers
down to hibernation level with cold room temperatures ranging
from 32 to 33 degrees F.
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With the necessary space available for
staging, orders that are placed before cut-off are transferred
to the customer’s carrier of choice without leaving a properly
cooled environment.
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