Alan Lewis: #barerootsfarm #brattleboro #brattleborofoodcoop #gardenerssupply #rivervalleycoop #sugarloafgardens #vermont #vermontnews #wanczyknurseries :
BRATTLEBORO FOOD CO-OP :
Gardener's Supply Bankruptcy
Lirazel68I garden in my driveway, and I buy a lot of my supplies from #GardenersSupply because they are an employee-owned B-corp and have great customer service.
Which they proved today, because when the tomato planter became top-heavy with a very healthy plant and fell over twice in 3 days, in a very moderate wind, they gave me a full refund.
Star Cat Books#GardenersSupply is now involved & sent me a lovely note in Instagram saying they have a $100 certificate waiting for me at the Lebanon, NH, garden center to get more flowers to make up what #FedEx destroyed through their driver’s negligence/intentions. <3 Gardeners.
VT Employee Ownership CenterJust saw the news that #GardenersSupply founder #WillRaap recently passed away at 73. Gardener's is definitely one of Vermont's "flagship" #EmployeeOwned companies, and Will started the process very early in the company's life.
To get a taste of Will's early involvedment in #EmployeeOwnership check out this video of Will speaking at the "Progressive Entrepreneurship Forum" organized by then #BTV Mayor #BernieSanders in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpmcJCAGn8
