Victory Gardens 2.0: Garden blogger endorsements sought

**"* D* <r*@kitchengardeners.org>**

Good news: Eat the View's proposal to get a garden planted on the White
House lawn has made it into the top 30 ideas in the Change.org contest out
of the over 7000 proposals submitted.

Good news: Our effort received coverage today in the Washington Post

Bad news: Only the top 10 entries in the Change.org contest "win" and have
their ideas presented at the National Press Club on January 16th.

More good news: There are still some things you can do to help as the
contest clock ticks down.

Please read the text of our entry below which you'll see is calling for
something larger than just a single garden.  If this is something you can
sign onto, as an individual, a garden blogger, or organization, please do by
going here:

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/green_the_white_house 

Thanks,

Roger

Victory Gardens 2.0 

Thousands of Americans and people from the around the world are asking the
Obamas to lead by example on climate change, health policy, economic
self-reliance, food security, and energy independence by replanting an
organic food garden at the White House with the produce going to the First
Kitchen and to local food pantries.     

The many successes (1) of the first Victory Garden movement were the result
of effective public policy, bold leadership (2) at a time of national
crisis, and the commitment of millions of citizens who were ready to roll up
their sleeves for the greater good.     

There's no better, more symbolic place for launching a new National Victory
Garden Program than at the White House, "America's House".  There's no
better, more urgent time (3) than now.  And there's NOTHING that can beat
the fresh taste of locally-grown, home-cooked foods.   

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(1) Victory Gardens (behind homes, schools, in vacant urban lots, etc.)
produced 40% of the nation's produce at their peak, helped conserve food and
natural resources at a time of crisis, resulted in the highest consumption
rates of fruits and vegetables our nation has seen, and helped keep millions
of Americans physically fit and active. 

(2) First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a Victory Garden on the White House
lawn in 1943 over the objections of the USDA, inspiring millions by her
example. 

(3) The UN estimates that 1 billion people will go hungry in 2009 while
climate scientists predict this year will be one the five warmest years on
record.   

Roger <http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2005/10/about_roger_doiron.html>
Doiron 

Founding Director, Kitchen Gardeners <http://www.kitchengardeners.org/>
International

Fellow, Food and Society Policy <http://foodandsocietyfellows.org/>
Fellowship Program

3 Powderhorn Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074, (207) 883-5341

Please join me in asking President-elect Obama to "
<http://www.eattheview.org/> Eat the View" by replanting a garden on the
White House lawn.  

Sign our petition <http://www.eattheview.org/petition>   -
<http://www.eattheview.org/videos> Watch our videos  -  Grab a pic
<http://www.eattheview.org/page/campaign-pics>  or widget
<http://www.eattheview.org/page/widgets-1>  for your site  -  Make a
<http://www.eattheview.org/page/white-house-lawn-sale>  donation  -  Join
our Facebook Cause <http://apps.facebook.com/causes/11991> 

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