First Family Will Plant a Garden on the South Lawn
Apparently, First Lady Michelle Obama is listening to all the people practically begging for an organic garden at the White House. She spoke to Oprah for the April edition of O Magazine about the project and ABC News is also reporting that a garden is coming. The New York Times has also written it up. The First Lady hopes that the White House garden will encourage Americans to eat more healthy, fresh foods:
"We want to use it as a point of education, to talk about health and how delicious it is to eat fresh food, and how you can take that food and make it part of a healthy diet. You know, the tomato that's from your garden tastes very different from one that isn't. And peas - what is it like to eat peas in season? So we want the White House to be a place of education and awareness. And hopefully kids will be interested because there are kids living here." From O MagazineI'm sure it will provide lots of good photo ops for the Obamas', but I also hope it will encourage other Americans to plant their own gardens. It worked for Eleanor Roosevelt in 1943!
[Via Sustainablog]
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