A vegetable garden on the White House lawn

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Wow, this is big.  The Obamas have started a garden on the White House lawn.  I can already see the Bushies snearing.  It may not look proper to some.  But the reality is that gardens like these are what our country really needs.  Homegrown food with no pesticides and no genetically engineered seeds.

The garden will be tended by the First Family and local public school students.  The food will be used in the White House kitchen.

What a great example for the country.

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Shovel-Ready Project: A White House Garden

By Jane Black
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 20, 2009; Page C01
For more than a decade, food activists have rallied, cajoled, even pleaded for a vegetable garden on the White House lawn. Now they're finally going to get it.

Today, first lady Michelle Obama will host a groundbreaking for a White House kitchen garden on the South Lawn. She will be joined by students from Bancroft Elementary in Northwest Washington, , whose participation in the project will continue past today, as they help with planting in the coming weeks and harvesting later this year.

The 1,100-square-foot garden will include 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and, yes, arugula. (The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.) There will also be berries, herbs and two hives for honey that will be tended by a White House carpenter who is also a beekeeper. The chefs will use the produce to feed the first family, as well as for state dinners and other official events. more