Herman Miller is well known for its environmental approach to furniture design and manufacturing. And they make really cool furniture. Their manufacturing facility in Michigan is called the "Greenhouse" because it was developed as a model for green building practices. So not only has this facility become a model for other companies to build green it also produces honey and encourages bees to thrive. According to TreeHugger only organic beekeepers are reporting no losses of bees from their hives.
Keep up the good work Herman Miller and let's hope my husband gets his hands on some honey as they only give it away. If you want to read more on this, go to the Inhabitat website.
And two fun facts about honey: it is the only food that never spoils (just crystalizes which makes it yummier) and it can be used as a natural antibacterial for wounds.
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Hi Pauline!
your post is timely. or rather this article is timely... I just saw it on sfgate.com:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/26/MNLA11FN5B.DTL&tsp=1
...love the factoid on honey. Thank you!
-mgb
(glenda)
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