Re: The new "People's Garden" and H.R. 875

**j* e* m* s* <h*@sbcglobal.net>**

Actually, the New York Times reported today that the White House is 
digging up a portion of the south lawn for an 1,100-square-foot 
organic garden (no beets allowed!) for the First Family.
Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/dining/19garden-web.html?_r=1&ref=dining

>A new garden, The People's
>Garden<http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/%21ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB/.cmd/ad/.ar/sa.retrievecontent/.c/6_2_1UH/.ce/7_2_5JM/.p/5_2_4TQ/.d/0/_th/J_2_9D/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?PC_7_2_5JM_contentid=2009%2F02%2F0042.xml&PC_7_2_5JM_parentnav=LATEST_RELEASES&PC_7_2_5JM_navid=NEWS_RELEASE#7_2_5JM>,
>was recently dedicated. I heard there would be vegetables grown there to be
>used in The White House kitchen, and to be distributed to local food banks.
>If H.R. 875 is the beginning of the end of gardening, why would the new
>People's Garden be going in?
>
>Sometimes I think we have too much of an alarmist attitude.
>
>
>TC Conner
>The Write Gardener <http://thewritegardener.blogspot.com/>

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