Photo by Rick Gush When I was a nurseryman in California, customers would often ask about growing miniature avocado trees in their small gardens. Back then, we’d advise gardeners how to maintain a rigorous pruning regimen that would keep an avocado at 8 feet tall. These days, there are a lot of dwarf avocado trees […]
thinkstockiStockphoto This Thanksgiving Day, Hain Celestial’s Simon family will join 700 other volunteers at The Bowery Mission to help prepare traditional turkey dinners for homeless New Yorkers. The Bowery Mission in New York City has served homeless and hungry New Yorkers since 1879 — a tradition that will continue this Thanksgiving Day. On November 24, from 10:30 […]
Photo courtesy of Fairfield University Fairfield University’s Energy Dashboard monitors electrical and thermal consumption. Fairfield University, in Fairfield, Conn., has installed a new device called the Energy Dashboard in the lobbies of residential facilities that posts electricity usage and heating and cooling BTU for student apartments in real time. Also available for tracking usage is the […]
