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Re: WHITE HOUSE GARDEN
KGI ran the numbers on the costs and returns of a home-garden here:
http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2009/03/whats_a_home_garden_worth.html
I would hope that as garden writers we could celebrate this garden as a
victory for human health, American gastronomy, global sustainability, and
the gardening cause. I haven't read anywhere that the Obamas are planning
on sourcing ALL the White House's food from the South Lawn. They will
continue buying in things from local farms.
For me, this is the solution where everyone wins.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:40 AM, caroline dewilde <cdewilde@frontiernet.net
> wrote:
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> I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TOTAL UP WHat this organic garden
> is going to cost and find out what the cost to produce the vegetables
> is going to be, Pretty expensive per item I think. They won't pay
> taxes on the land or the cost of the money invested because that will
> be taxpayer funds. The labor,Grounds Dept. employee (?), will be
> substantial. Then amortize the cost of setting it up.
> If it is made into a real show piece it would be nice for visitors to
> see, but wouldn't it be better to find suppliers in the nearby
> countryside, Virginia and Maryland, who are already in the org, veg.
> business and give them the business. The White House would have what
> it wants and the growers would benefit. Everybody wins.
> Caroline DeWilde
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