Vegetable Garden on White House Lawn!
As many foodies and food activists have been hoping, a vegetable garden will soon be planted on the White House lawn, according to this article in the New York Times. Michelle Obama herself will begin digging up a patch of the lawn on Friday to create the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden during World War II. Though some of the food from the garden will be used for the first family’s meals (no beets! The President doesn’t like ‘em) and for formal White House functions, it’s main purpose is to educate children in the importance of fresh, locally-grown foods– a major part of the First Lady’s agenda. Children from Bancroft Elementary school will be helping Michelle dig the garden on Friday. Most of the daily work will be done by the White House grounds crew and kitchen staff, but assistant chef Sam Kass (editor’s note: MY COUSIN!!!!), who used to cook healthy meals for the Obama family when they lived in Chicago, will have the job of overseeing the vegetable garden.
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