An edible "first lawn": your 5 minute homework assignment

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

Dear GWL,

Here's something for those of you really taken with the White House idea.
Feel free to send it around.  

Thanks,

Roger

----

I'm part of a growing group of people who are urging the next President to
plant a food garden on the White House lawn.  You may have read about this
in Ellen Goodman's latest syndicated column:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/04/opinion/edgoodman.php 

I'd like to invite you to get involved.  Here are some different things you
can do, all of which could be accomplished in 5 minutes or less if you're a
real pro:

1)       Sign our online petition here: http://www.eattheview.org/petition 

2)       Vote for this idea on the website OnDayOne.org here (click on "rate
this idea"): http://www.ondayone.org/node/661 

3)       Join our Facebook group and invite your online friends to do
likewise here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28471150870 

4)       Forward this e-mail to your e-mail friends, contacts, and other
e-mail lists you use

Extra credit assignments:

1)       Grab a banner or widget for your website, blog or social network
profile here: http://www.eattheview.org/campaignwidgets 

2)       Sign up as a "campaigner" here:
http://www.eattheview.org/profiles/members/ (these people are interested in
staying connected to this project and pushing it along as it enters new
phases)

3)       Identify a high impact, high visibility spot in need of an edible
makeover in your town, region, or state and make it over! The more of these
we have, the easier it becomes to make our case to the next Eater-in-Chief.
In Maine, for example, the first family eats from a kitchen garden planted
at the governor's residence. It if can be done here, it can be done
elsewhere.

Thanks for your support and participation,

Roger

-----

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

Tell the next President to " <http://www.eattheview.org/> Eat the View" 

_______________________________________________
gardenwriters mailing list
gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters

GWL has searchable archives at:
http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters

Send photos for GWL to gwlphotos@hort.net to be posted
at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos

Post gardening questions/threads to
&quot;Gardenwriters on Gardening&quot; &lt;gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org&gt;

For GWL website and Wiki, go to
http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters