This apparently surfaced a while back, but it’s the first I have heard of it.  The largest poinsettia farm in the USA donates a big chunk of money to Planned Parenthood.  Go figure.

The Ecke Ranch in Encinitas, California, supplies 70% of all of the poinsettias sold in the United States and the Ecke family is among the most generous supporters of Planned Parenthood and long-time political activists for the abortion movement. The Ecke family features prominently in the major donors list in the fall 2005 edition of the San Diego/Riverside County Planned Parenthood Newsletter.

That was originally posted in 2006…I found it on Free Republic, referencing a LifeSiteNews item.

Some good news upon further searching, in 11/07:

According to an article in the San Diego Tribune Review, the Ecke Ranch has decided to license Armstrong Garden Centers to both grow and sell poinsettias under the Paul Ecke Ranch name.  According to ranch officials, the change is not expected to cause any great diminution to the ranch’s overall income since they assert that selling the full-grown plants does not constitute the bulk of their business.  However, according to the Tribune Review, the ranch typically grows and sells anywhere between 300,000 to 400,000 full-grown poinsettias each Christmas season.  This year, they will produce only 6,000 to be used for promotional purposes.

While the Tribune Review article makes no mention of the pro-life boycott, Hartline is convinced that it has affected the Ecke business.  “It is clear that our boycott will continue to hurt the Ecke name and their poinsettia sales.  I fully believe that the Eckes know that their name is bad news among pro-lifers.  I believe their decision to license out their name is, in part, due to our ongoing boycott.”

So that means, if you buy a full grown poinsettia bearing the Ecke Ranch name, you are not supporting them, except through whatever they’ve been paid for their naming rights.