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A worker cleans and packages roses at Wildfire Flowers on February 12, 2019 in Naivasha, Kenya. Kenya is the lead third-country supplier of roses to the European Union, where it accounts for 38% of the market share, according to the Kenya Flower Council, an industry group. Approximately 50% of its exported flowers are sold at auctions in the Netherlands, the source of most of Europe’s Valentine’s Day bouquets. Kenya’s floriculture industry earned more than $800 million in 2017, providing employment to over 100,000 people in the country, according to industry data. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
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