Sweetfields Inc

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History Sweetfields’ Founder and President, John Clemons, has been the leading grower of fresh edible flowers (Sunset Farms) since the 1980’s. In the mid 1990’s, Mr. Clemons came across a flower crystallization recipe and decided to try it. The art of crystallizing flowers by hand has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. Anyone who has experience with this art form can probably attest to the fact that it consumes a lot of time. There are many people and businesses that do not have the time, resources, or skill to yield quality crystallized flowers but would love to have them readily available to garnish desserts, entrees, cakes or beverages with. This is where Mr. Clemons recognized that there was a huge opportunity. In April of 1995 Mr. Clemons sold his first crystallized flower but it took him about ten years to perfect the art and science to take flower crystallization from a very tedious process into mass production. Mr. Clemons’ technique enhances the natural beauty of the flower while enabling a much more even application of the solution than traditional methods. Upon identifying the components of the perfect recipe and steps to achieve a picture-perfect, mouth watering crystallized flower, Mr. Clemons applied for both domestic and international patents. Shortly after, Mr. Clemons amended the patent to include glazed flowers, gold and silver-dusted flowers, chocolate dipped crystallized flowers and some new concepts that will be introduced to the market at a later date. In the Fall of 2009, Sweetfields formed a Joint Venture with Dress the Drink, LLC. This Joint Venture has enabled Sweetfields to focus on its core competency: producing world-class candied flowers! Dress the Drink manages the Sales and Marketing efforts for Sweetfields' flowers under the direction of Diane Svehlak, Sweetfields' New Business Development Director. To read more about the partnership, please click here . Today, Sweetfields is a family owned and operated business that produces beautiful candied, edible flowers for customers both large and small around the globe. All of the flowers originate on our 33-acre farm in the foothills of Jamul, California where they are grown with organic principles then transformed into edible works of art. This is the same farm that John Clemons grew up on and has produced the fresh edible flowers from. Sweetfields and Dress the Drink are committed to serving customers with 100% satisfaction whether that is an individual or a large enterprise. Our mission statement is: "We're not happy until you are happy! Let us introduce you to our management team: John Clemons, President & Founder Mr. Clemons is intimately involved with Sweetfields on a day-to-day basis. He runs the production at the farm and continues to mastermind new products and process efficiencies for the company. He holds an Associates degree in Aviation Technology from Miramar College and a degree in Computer Science Information Systems from San Diego State University (SDSU). Shanna Johnson, CEO Mrs. Johnson joined the family business after several years of working in the high-tech industry.

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