Re: WHITE HOUSE GARDEN

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Practically speaking, of course the Obamas must purchase organic vegetables 
 from nearby farms. There's simply no way one small garden can produce 
enough  food to feed everyone that must be fed on a daily basis in the White  
House.

This garden, however, is about a lot more than merely feeding the occupants 
 of the White House. It's about being an example to other people. It's 
about  teaching their own children how to garden. And, perhaps most important, 
it's  about teaching the children of Washington D.C., most of whom have never 
gardened  in their young lives, where food comes from and how to grow it -- 
to give them a  chance to get their hands in the dirt and have the pure joy 
of helping to  produce a perfect tomato, or mess of green beans, or 
whatever, to give them a  feeling of accomplishment and the empowerment of knowing 
how to do something  practical and useful with their own hands.  And, 
ultimately, it's about  making gardening "cool" again to a new crop of children.  
In this context,  the financial cost of the project is totally irrelevent.  
We need to  remember that money is not everything!

Lina Burton
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