WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016
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n Susan and Henry Hung, of Henry’s Greenhouses on Sidaway Road, claim that more than $80,000 worth of plants, flowers and herbs, much of it destined for this weekend’s Mother’s Day markets, have been deliberately sprayed with weed-killer. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News
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Mother’s Day crop killed
Massive greenhouse supply wiped after business deal goes south ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter
ACAMPBELL@RICHMOND-NEWS.COM
‘I
cried. I haven’t slept.” Susan Hung was still coming to terms with the fact that almost her entire crop of bedding plants, flowers and herbs — worth more than $80,000 — has been destroyed. Hung, 70 — who has run Henry’s Greenhouses on Sidaway Road near Steveston Highway with her husband,
Henry, 74, for more than 40 years — now has virtually nothing to sell, aside from some hanging baskets, to her chain of wholesale and retail clients. The Hungs claim the vast majority of their crop in their 14 greenhouses was sprayed with weed-killer, likely Roundup, in the last couple of weeks. The couple said they suspect it was the result of a business deal that went badly. And with the week before Mother’s Day being the couple’s busiest of the year, they’re “devastated” at the potential loss of many major clients and may now have
to put their retirement plans on hold. “I feel very upset. I don’t understand how people could do this,” said Susan. “These are my babies that I raise in here. There is at least $80,000 worth of crop lost, but that’s a really low estimate, it’s probably higher. “We have almost nothing left to sell, we have no business and we will lose customers; they will go somewhere else. It’s a very short season, it will be over at the end of June.” See Lawyer page 4
Spring Features
WILD PACIFIC HALIBUT
$
24.95
Wild halibut Olet pan seared then baked, topped with a creamy Dijon caper sauce served with mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables Not Valid on Mother s Day
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STERLING SILVER FLAT IRON STEAK & PRAWNS
$
23.95
7oz. Alberta Sterling Silver Butler steak, skewer of tiger prawns, mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables Not Valid on Mother s Day
GRILLED RACK OF LAMB CHOPS & LOBSTER
$
Reserve for Mother s Day Open for Lunch
Dinner Everyday
29.95
Two tender grilled rack of lamb chops seasoned with One herbs, lobster tail, drawn butter, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and Felicos special lamb mint sauce Not Valid on Mother s Day
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FELICOS PLATTER
17.95
$
(minimum 2)
per person
Greek salad, homous, satziki & pita bread, cocktail, kalamaria, chicken souvlakia, lamb souvlaki, prawns, roast potatoes, rice and seasonal vegetables. Offer valid 7 days a week with this coupon Expires May 19th, 2016 Not Valid on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2016
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