The White House will start to grow
its own greens (and a whole lot more)
"Almost the entire Obama family, including the president, will pull weeds, 'whether they like it or not,' Mrs. Obama said laughing. 'Now Grandma, my mom, I don’t know.' Her mother, she said, would probably sit back and say: 'Isn’t that lovely. You missed a spot.'"
"Mrs. Obama, who said that she never had a vegetable garden before, said the idea for it came from her experiences as a working mother trying to feed her daughters, Malia and Sasha, a good diet. Eating out three times a week, ordering a pizza, having a sandwich for dinner took it’s toll. The children’s pediatrician told her she needed to be thinking about nutrition.
"'He raised a flag for us,' she said, and within months the children lost weight.
"For children, she said, food is all about taste, and fresh and local taste better.
"'A real delicious heirloom tomato is one of the sweetest things that you’ll ever eat,' she said. 'And my children know the difference, and that’s how I’ve been able to get them to try different things."
"Mrs. Obama, who said that she never had a vegetable garden before, said the idea for it came from her experiences as a working mother trying to feed her daughters, Malia and Sasha, a good diet. Eating out three times a week, ordering a pizza, having a sandwich for dinner took it’s toll. The children’s pediatrician told her she needed to be thinking about nutrition.
"'He raised a flag for us,' she said, and within months the children lost weight.
"For children, she said, food is all about taste, and fresh and local taste better.
"'A real delicious heirloom tomato is one of the sweetest things that you’ll ever eat,' she said. 'And my children know the difference, and that’s how I’ve been able to get them to try different things."
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