Trendspotting: Companies Get Dirty
Growing Businesses
As companies go green, one initiative some are undertaking is to grow gardens, with employees tending—and harvesting—the crops
Recycling bins, reusable cups, used-computer refurbishing programs…businesses are going green in many ways, and now some are taking their eco-friendly initiatives and running them into the dirt. Corporations such as Google, Yahoo!, PepsiCo, even Kohl’s HQ near Milwaukee, are growing gardens on company grounds (or sometimes on rooftops, as is the case with Trenton Forging, in a town not far from Detroit). Whether the gardens’ bounties are available to employees for the picking or donated to local food banks, there’s no question that giving workers a little stress relief so close to the office is beneficial—to the workers, the companies and the environment. In Chicago, the Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile has made its rooftop organic garden even trendier—it’s added beehives into the mix. Sweet.




