[Ccpg] Obamas ready to start a White House garden

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Obamas ready to start a White House garden

—Rebecca Cole
     March 20, 2009

WASHINGTON — This year, the vegetables served at the White House will  
be as locally grown as possible—right on the South Lawn.

After a campaign by gardeners and sustainable-food activists, the  
First Family has decided to dig up part of the White House grounds for  
a vegetable garden. And Friday, Michelle Obama and local elementary  
school students will break ground for the project.

It's part of the first lady's promotion of healthy food for America.  
But like many parents, the Obamas have had mixed results: Michelle  
Obama recently said a version of "creamless" creamed spinach by White  
House executive chef Cristeta Comerford still was a bit too "green"  
for the kids.

Friday's activities are the culmination of a campaign to turn the 16  
acres of White House grounds into an "edible landscape."

"I'm just so gratified that this idea, that seemed as right as rain  
from the beginning," has finally taken hold, said restaurateur Alice  
Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.

Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," praised the Obamas  
for starting small.

Responding to reports that the Obamas would be planting arugula,  
Pollan said he specifically warned the president against it. "I said  
be careful ... you'll be accused of elitism."

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> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-garden-talkmar20,0,6578094.story

thanks to Peter Huber for alerting us of this news.

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