Employees Harvest Rich Bounty From Organix-South's Community Vegetable Garden

BOWLING GREEN, Fla., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when the average
vegetable travels 1500 miles from plant to plate, Organix-South employees are
harvesting bountiful crops from the company's community garden nestled next to
their parking lot in a growing industrial park.
"Right now, the corn is tassling and we're picking green beans, okra,
peppers and black-eyed peas," says Dave Haight, the resident electrician and
now-gardener. "We've got ginger, basil, rosemary and pineapples growing in the
front courtyard and the bananas are taking off now that it's started raining."
Nearly every employee at the company headquarters is participating in the
project, working as a team in the garden once a week after work and taking
home fresh vegetables they've helped to grow.
Besides tasty, safe and affordable food, the organic garden demonstrates
two key points, notes Autumn Blum, CEO of Organix-South. "First of all, we're
showing people that growing organic vegetables is possible -- even in Florida
where hot, humid summers encourage enormous bugs as well as viral and fungal
infestations," she said.
As the world's largest manufacturer of certified-organic Neem products,
Organix-South is a major part of the international trend toward
environmentally friendly products. "No one in the US has EPA approval to
market all-natural Neem oil as a pesticide but we are working with other
companies to demonstrate its safety and efficacy so we can earn that
approval," Blum said. "In the meantime, we wanted to show people how well Neem
works in one of the most challenging ecosystems in the country."
Additionally, Blum hopes that other corporations take note of the garden's
success and plant their own community vegetable gardens. "The benefits of
community vegetable gardens have been proven in urban neighborhoods across the
country and we think that impact can be even more significant in a corporate
setting," she said. "It builds a corporate culture that focuses on teamwork,
healthy eating and exercise -- plus it helps our employees save money and
minimize their carbon footprints."
Organix-South(R), Inc. specializes in organic Neem body care products and
organic supercritical herbal dietary supplements. The company offers the most
complete line of Neem products available, including extracts, oral care, hair
care, soap, skin care, pet products, organic gardening and more. Products are
available at health food stores, pharmacies, yoga studios and other fine
outlets. For information, see http://www.organixsouth.com or 888.989.NEEM.
SOURCE Organix-South, Inc.

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