Organic gardening on the White House lawn
April 2, 2009
Organic vegetable garden tomatoes
Organic gardening is about to commence at the White House. According to New York Times journalist Marian Burros, first lady Michelle Obama has started to till a section of the South Lawn to plant an organic garden. A White House garden has been missing since Eleanor Roosevelt planted the Victory Garden during World War II.
Burros wrote that Mrs. Obama was mostly interested in teaching parents and children about the health benefits of eating organically grown foods. “The first lady recalled the idea came from her experiences as a working mother trying to feed her daughters, Malia and Sasha, a good diet.”
Just like a number of parents around the country, Mrs. Obama became concerned over the drastic increase in over-weight children and juvenile diabetes after she realized her girls put on extra pounds from eating out so often.
Obviously grass roots efforts being made by advocates such as the Organic Consumers Association, who feel an increase in locally grown organic foods will help reduce child obesity and diet-related diseases, has begun to pay dividends.
Many of these health problems have linked to a school lunch menu filled with junk food that contain fats, starches and meats that have been genetically modified, injected with hormones and antibiotics, and sprayed with toxic pesticides.
