Enter to win a dozen roses produced by farms certified to have strong labor standards and we will deliver them to your mom in time for the special day!

This year, ILRF is raffling off Veriflora certified flowers produced on farms that must meet strict labor and environmental standards. Let your mom know you are thinking of her this Mother’s Day by being an ethical consumer and supporting ILRF’s Fairness in Flowers campaign.

How to enter:

• For $10 - you will receive one raffle entry and a mom of your choosing will receive a Mother's Day card from ILRF.
• With a $30 bonus entry, you will not only get 3 raffle entries, but we will also send a fair trade chocolate bar from Equal Exchange and a special Mother's Day card letting your loved one know that a donation was made in her name.

THREE winners of Veriflora bouquets will be chosen at random from the raffle. Official raffle rules can be found here.

Currently, hundreds of thousands of people in Colombia, Ecuador and Africa are working to grow, harvest, and package the roses and carnations sold in the United States. More than half of these workers are women and many are mothers. Working women often enter into the lowest paid, most unstable jobs while many are forced out of work if they become pregnant. They face other labor rights violations including sexual harassment, pesticide-related illnesses and intimidation for joining unions to improve their conditions. ILRF's Fairness in Flowers Campaign works to address these problems and promote better and safer conditions for workers in the cut flower industry.

Winning entrants will be notified by May 5 and the three lucky recipients of Veriflora rose bouquets will be congratulated on the ILRF website and e-newsletter on May 11.

Proceeds will benefit ILRF's Fairness in Flowers campaign, which promotes safe and decent working conditions in the global cut flower industry through consumer education and support for local organizations that advocate for workers rights. Your donation will
help ILRF and its partners push producers and retailers to provide real protections for flower workers and the environment.

About Veriflora flowers: The VeriFlora certification program was established to assure that growers meet stringent labor and environmental standards. Scientific Certification Systems, an independent verification system, partners with Veriflora to audit farms. The Veriflora standard adheres to International Labor Organization (ILO) core labor conventions and ensures that farms move towards environmentally crop production. For more information, please visit the Veriflora website.

You can also check out more ideas for what you can do to support cut flower workers is available.