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18 March 2009

Victory is ours! "Breaking News: Brian Hartman of ABC News’ The Note filed a report today that confirms that there will be a veggie garden on the White House Lawn."→[More:]
As a gardener and an eater, I couldn't be happier. As a farmer, I worry about my market getting too DIY.

post by: stet at: 20:24 | 11 comments

This is cool.

Bully pulpit and all that.

posted by Doohickie 18 March | 20:46

OMG no way!!! The Eat the View White House Garden campaign was started by a guy I know from Slow Food, who lives near Portland, ME. Woweeee! Way to be!

This is a really big deal in the garden/local food world. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

posted by Miko 18 March | 21:05

WOOT!!!!!

posted by Stewriffic 18 March | 21:09

I thought, somehow, that the news might make your day, Miko.

posted by stet 18 March | 21:09

Actually, i got the news a bit before you posted this, and I went to try to post it as an update for an FPP I did in early Feb. Of course, the thread was closed. Ah well.

I have a feeling the community-garden and local-foods listservs are exploding right about now.

posted by Stewriffic 18 March | 21:13

Stewriffic, recently on the gray there was a catchall "followup to all closed threads" thread. Maybe there?

I have a feeling the community-garden and local-foods listservs are exploding right about now.

No kidding!

posted by Miko 18 March | 21:15

My fave comment from that blog post:

What is going to be next, some chickens running around the White House????
and some clothes lines in the "back yard"????

OH NOES!

posted by Stewriffic 18 March | 21:20

Cool!

Cue organic vs. heirloom vs. whatever seedstock wank.

posted by casarkos 18 March | 23:11

Cue organic vs. heirloom vs. whatever seedstock wank.

I would laugh so very, very hard if it turned out that the garden was going to be a demonstration bed for Monsanto's latest and most advanced genetically modified seeds. Not a happy laugh, but a laugh.

posted by stet 18 March | 23:55

What is going to be next, some chickens running around the White House????

Used to be goats, to keep the lawn trimmed.

posted by stilicho 19 March | 02:22

Well, our POTUS and FLOTUS are people who are becoming tastemakers, so why not use the White House to encourage people to get back to this country's better roots of hard work, "Yankee" ingenuity (sorry Southerners) and producing things that people want again?

posted by TrishaLynn 19 March | 20:07

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