American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America - Hardcover
In April 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House’s South Lawn. It is a garden with roots in the American past, stretching back to George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but it is also a garden very much designed for America’s future. As fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs sprouted from the ground, this White House Kitchen Garden inspired a new conversation all across the country about the food we feed our families and the impact it has on the health and well-being of our children.
Now, in her first-ever book, American Grown, Mrs. Obama invites you inside the White House Kitchen Garden and shares its inspiring story, from the first planting to the latest harvest. Hear about her worries as a novice gardener – would the new plants even grow? Learn about her struggles and her joys as lettuce, corn, tomatoes, collards and kale, sweet potatoes and rhubarb flourished in the freshly tilled soil. Get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at every season of the garden’s growth, with striking original photographs that bring its story to life. Try the unique recipes created by top White House chefs and made with ingredients freshly-picked from the White House garden. And learn from the White House Garden team about how you can help plant your own backyard, school or community garden.
Mrs. Obama’s journey continues across the nation, sharing the stories of other gardens that have moved and inspired her. Here are the tales of a modern day vegetable truck that brings fresh produce to underserved communities in Chicago, of Houston office workers who make the sidewalk bloom, of a New York City School that created a scented garden for the visually impaired, of a North Carolina garden that devotes its entire harvest to those less fortunate, and other stories of communities that are transforming the lives and health of their citizens.
With American Grown, Mrs. Obama tells the story of the White House Kitchen Garden, celebrates the bounty of our nation, and reminds us all of what we can grow together.
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Book Description:
Explore the White House Kitchen Garden in the company of the First Lady, Michelle Obama
About the Author:
Michelle Obama is wife of US President Barack Obama and First Lady of the United States. She was raised in Chicago and came from a family where there was always a vegetable on the plate.
Since entering the White House, Mrs Obama has launched a nationwide initiative to address childhood obesity by improving food quality in schools, increasing access to healthy, affordable food and encouraging physical activity.
Since entering the White House, Mrs Obama has launched a nationwide initiative to address childhood obesity by improving food quality in schools, increasing access to healthy, affordable food and encouraging physical activity.
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- PublisherCrown Pub
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0385344643
- ISBN 13 9780385344647
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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