I just read a really interesting and encouraging article on Treehugger.com. According to this article a new gardening trend is becoming more and more popular.
More and more companies now sponsor garden patches all over the US. The companies sponsor land to spare to their employees. Then the employees grow organic gardens on these patches. The vegetables that they grow are used in many contexts. Some employees and companies use the crops in their company cafeterias. Others give their crops to a local food bank. And in at least one case, the employees give their vegetables to the local child care center. Another company donates their crops to Hunger Taskforce whose purpose is to end hunger by giving every person food.
The crops include such vegetables as beans, cabbage, squash and tomatoes, just to mention a few.
More and more companies and their employees seem to join this new revolution. Some of the better known companies are: Google headquarters, Yahoo headquarters, Sunset magazine headquarters, Toyota and Best Buy headquarters.
Another example is PepsiCo in New York. In their big company sponsored garden around 75 employees grow vegetables like tomatoes and peppers on.
This movement has now become so popular that it has gotten its own organization, “Employee Sponsored Gardens”. On their web site – http://www.employergardens.com – you can view videos and read tips on how to get started, if you’re interested.
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