Two days ago and as part of KATV’s Choose Your News feature came this story about locally grown foods and their relationship to local restaurants. You can view the video clip from that story here and read more from Jessica Dean’s blog at KATV.
Michelle Obama is getting into the locally grown food movement. Today, she unveiled a 1,100 square-foot garden on The White House property that will grow 55 kinds of vegetables, berries, herbs along with two hives for honey. The food will be used to feed the first family as well as guests at state dinners.
This will be the first garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. it’s most important role “will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern,” reports The New York Times. This interactive map will give you a sense of the layout.
Noted Ms. Dean on Twitter, “I predict the local food movement only grows from here.”
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