StartOrganic's Flexible Hybrid Organic Vegetable Gardening Program Enables HR Teams to Improve Employee Engagement While Reducing Worker Stress by Up to 92%

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A new survey of 358 employees participating in StartOrganic's online vegetable gardening program shows that the corporate wellness program has a long-term, positive impact on the lifestyles of participants at both work and home. While 100% of employees enjoyed StartOrganic's learning presentations and 99.4% said they learned something new, 92% felt a reduction in their stress level from participating in the gardening program. Approximately 96.1% said that they experienced positive life changes due to having a campus garden, 92.2% felt comfortable implementing their new knowledge in a home garden, and 46% said the StartOrganic program was their favorite offered by their company.

"Everyone looks forward to starting their gardens, engaging with their families in the process and connecting with other team members in new ways," said Allison Stark, Manager of Global Wellness for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "Employees are able to literally see the fruits of their labor and that allows all involved to feel accomplishment and success."

For HR teams seeking to improve engagement with work-from-home employees, 98% of survey respondents said that they have a better opinion about their company for offering the organic gardening program, 96.6% would like more gardening programming, and 89.5% would attend regular classes taught by StartOrganic. The program received a high NPS rating of 70, with employees highly likely to promote StartOrganic classes to their colleagues.

"The goal was, and still is, to provide an opportunity for employees to grow fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers in the spirit of environmental sustainability and employee wellness," Julie Vennewitz-Pierce, Director PayPal Gives.

For companies returning to work in-person, the on-campus outdoor organic gardening program provides a safer employee experience with the StartOrganic team managing all corporate garden development and outdoor instruction. To accommodate remote workers, who may be in multiple time zones nationwide or worldwide, the program offers online course content and consulting services, recorded topic-specific courses, and live webinars in three different time zones.

Visit https://www.startorganic.org/corporate-gardens to learn more about StartOrganic's Employee Gardening Programs or call 408-888-1903. StartOrganic's Employee Gardening Program White Paper is available here: https://www.startorganic.org/white-paper

About StartOrganic
Founded in 2011 by local Bay Area residents Josh Levine and Troy Smothermon, StartOrganic is the leading provider worldwide of online and on-campus corporate wellness through organic vegetable gardening programs. It helps companies teach their employees about growing their own organic food. Its customers include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Apple, Tesla, Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond, Boardriders, Sage Therapeutics, EOG Resources, Inc., Edgewell Personal Care, Hixny, Norton Lifelock, IBM, Patagonia, Zuora, David Polk, NetApp, Inc., Stanford University, Intuit, LinkedIn, and PayPal. StartOrganic also works with universities and many school gardens, community gardens and organic gardens for regional businesses. Its mission is to empower and educate people nationwide and worldwide by helping them grow their own organic produce and build sustainable local food systems. The company believes people should "know where your food comes from". Visit http://startorganic.org to learn more.

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