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Thatshift left a sad'stamp Francisco markets to fly them from Colombia than the ones his neighbors to grow. bt can't compete on _roses,” said farmer Marc Keslerof California Organic Flowers, who growsover 100 varieties on twoacres, thensierra them for shipping around country.“But organic givesus an edge, andI can compete with seen a surge in demand. “If they market it Tight, pea people who like to buy organic could be interested in it,” Torchio said. “But the people using it commercially aren't really it interested.” But therearesigns that this might be changing, said Gerald Prolman, who started Organic Bouquet,the first national online distributor of organic flowers,in 2001. Part of Prolman’s mission “There's going tobe alearning curve, because flowers have tolook good, andthey’re very susceptible to all kinds of pests,” farms. There were 45farmers growing roses in the Watson_ville area in 1991. Now,there are about 10, Dillon’said. and fragrances andfreshness.” In spiteof its promise, the organic market is still li and the financial risks are substan- know that if they're getting pesticide-free chocolate and wine for their valentine, they can also _get their flowers without added tion in the 1990s. set Teeea oman he California at Flower Commission. “But the id the farmer, California Organic Flowers with caterers, wedding plan—————_ ners,florists,and still hasn’t on California’s coastal flower unique varieties, special colors Great preatowes oncefra- tial, ee makes ithardfor the chilly fog next to Dautoff’s farm could be chemical free. rant with roses, loom empty in Dautoff, who wishes his whole tunity to acquire the property came up when Wing asked the _is education, letting consumers Tohalt the chemical cycle, would probably want to buy Sarbanes nies according totheir size. books they examined. Continued to replace the accounting industry's own regulators amid _the business scandals, giving it subpoena powerand the authority to discipline ceepile The lawis written, Carvin contends, man for Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Dit is difficult for the SEC to Mad., didn’t immediately return a remove accounting board mem- - telephonecall seeking comment. bers andit has insufficient control over the board’s actions. Onthe Net: Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea,the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong,China and manycountries in Europe. Both Wing Enterprises and —_E. Excelare among 21-plus companies now occupying the _1.8 million-square-foot Springville Industrial Park. Other majortenantsinclude a PepsiCola Seven-Up distribution plant and Flowserve, which two businesses are goingoe to Sheldon said. “The industrial building is built mechanical seals valves and otherindustrial flow management services. provides engineered pumps, www. organic slesrets os ont know fields. Now it’s cheaper for San owner if he couldlease more space at the Founded in 1987 by JauFei Chen, E. Excelplans to keep its corporate headquarters, R&Dlaboratory,distribution center and manufacturing plant atits existing location at 1198 N. Spring Creek Place, said Jim Sheldon, director of the industrial departmentat NAI Utah Commercial Real Baasin Salt LakeCity. —_. chemicals. Many people who organic foods movement took 't immediat on the company’sfuture plans. E. Excel has operations in .cougarblue.com they're available,he said. : ON YOUR len of complying, but t! Sarbanes-Oxley law itself has wewenectl ee ee _ “We 0 drive a wedge into theBosee bureaucracy, challenging group's chairman, Mallory Factor, said in a telephoneinterview. Factorcalled the law “a gross overreaction” by Congress to the wayeofbusiness scandals in 2002 that included Enron Corp., WorldCom Inc. and Tyco International Ltd. The five membersof the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board “have massive unchecked power,” he said. Factor, a merchant banker in New York who's proud to say he grewuppoorin Bridgeport, Conn., has beena prolific fundraiser for President Bush, serving as a “Ranger”raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for his 2004 re-election campaign. Now he is taking on a law that the president signed. Factor minces no words,calling another business-related law “Stalinist.” Hesaid last spring thatthe “liberal media and government”had been unfairly attacking free-market principles and the embattled House majority leader at the time, Tom DeLay. The Free Enterprise Fund paid fortelevision ads likening the media and their reporting on DeLayto sharks in a feeding frenzy. Along with Starr,also litigating the case are Viet Dinh, a formerassistant attorney general in the Justice Department during Bush's first term, and Michael Carvin,a private att who was a member of the Bushlegal team during the presidential vote recountin 2000. They are arguing that the makeupof the accounting board violates the separation of powers doctrine because its members aren't appointed by the president and cannot be removed by him, and Congress cannot controlits budget. The chairman ofthe oversight board and the other four directors are appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, an independent federal agency; the accounting board is funded by fees on publicly traded compa- Letters to the Foitoronline wwwoheraldextra.com 118 East Main * Lehi 768-9514 COMPASSION It's what every person needs) in difficult times. 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