Just Another House Garden?

Michelle Obama is planting vegetables on the South Lawn--the first White House veggie garden since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden. It'll grow 55 varieties of organic vegetables, berries, and herbs.

While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern. ...

Twenty-three fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington will help her dig up the soil for the 1,100-square-foot plot, in a spot visible to passers-by on E Street. ...

... Whether there would be a White House garden had become more than a matter of landscaping. The question had taken on political and environmental symbolism, with the Obamas lobbied for months by advocates who believe that growing more food locally, and organically, can lead to more healthful eating and reduce reliance on huge industrial farms that use more oil for transportation and chemicals for fertilizer.

These students have gardened at their school since 2001; they will also assist with planting, harvesting and cooking the food. The food evolution/revolution continues.