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Growing Employee Benefits
The United States is one of the unhealthiest countries in the world. Lifestyle challenges, including obesity and physical inactivity, have contributed to increased utilization of our health care system. Moreover, scientific advancements ensure that Americans using the health care system are living longer. As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 75 percent of an employer’s health care costs and productivity losses are related to employee...
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Gardeners On the Go!
Horticulture Magazine’s first online magazine—Gardeners On the Go!—has arrived! Horticulture understands that busy gardeners are looking for easy-to-digest ideas and inspiration to complement their more in-depth print issue of the magazine. Gardeners On the Go is an online-only, quarterly supplement to Horticulture‘s print issues, and I’m sure you’re going to love it. Click on over to read about Horticulture’s exciting new giving garden project that I am proudly...
Read MoreEco-Friendly Produce Bag
One more way to join the movement to reduce plastic bag usage…Washable Produce Bags! No more plastic bags in the produce aisle or the refrigerator. Take the produce bags with you when you visit the food market (along with reusable shopping bags, of course), and place your organic produce in them. To keep the food market, farmer’s market, or garden produce fresher longer, place the bags directly in the refrigerator. Washable Produce Bags are also: Reusable Made from recycled...
Read MoreInternational Compost Awareness Week
The US Composting Council (USCC) defines its mission as advancing composting and promoting compost use to enhance soils and provide economic and environmental benefits for our members and society. The organization coined the official International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) as the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated each year during the first full week of May. I’m excited about the USCC and the ICAW because have...
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