PepsiCo’s organic, employee-run garden at its world headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., is staffed by approximately 225 PepsiCo associates who plant and care for 58 plots of herbs and vegetables, fertilized with used coffee grinds from the building's cafeteria and coffee stations. When the project began in May 2009, they set out to grow about 25 different vegetables and nearly 30 different herbs for their own use and/or donation to the Westchester Food Bank in Millwood, N.Y.

“We're bringing home the idea of thinking globally and acting locally,” said PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi. “Our employees envisioned this garden as a catalyst to integrate healthful, locally grown herbs and vegetables into their everyday lives. I believe that it will also be a source of inspiration for innovation in our products and operations.”

PepsiCo and its employees plan to open more organic gardens at the company's campuses all around the world. These on-site nurseries will allow employees to grow more plants from seed to shelf and to distribute the food more extensively in the communities in which the company operates.