I posted a tongue-in-cheek story, "Madam President", that included a reference to a White House organic garden. There's a push to encourage Pres. Obama to replant an organic garden at the White House that historically had been there from the 1800's! Another example of life imitating art...or is it the other way around?

Date:   1/28/2009 12:07:26 PM ( 15 y ago)

From the Organic Consumers Association:

Growing Organic Food on the White House Lawn

View a YouTube video:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16579.cfm



From 1800 up until the 1950s, U.S. Presidents utilized the yard surrounding the White House to produce a portion of their own food with vegetable gardens, fruit trees, livestock and greenhouses. For the past 50 years, a chemical and energy-intensive factory farm food system has displaced traditional organic practices, while the White House vegetable gardens have long since been buried beneath a chemically managed, perfectly manicured lawn. Enter 2009 and a new president who may consider bringing back the old tradition of the White House Victory Garden. Can the White House lawn become an organic symbol of America's new future?


Encourage President Obama to plant an organic garden on the White House lawn! http://www.eattheview.org/



Original blog:
"Madam President" http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1339893


 

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