Michelle Obama and the Launch of the White House Farmers Market
September 21st, 2009 By Sam Fromartz
The White House likes healthy, fresh, local food — that was the message of First Lady Michelle Obama at the opening of the farmers market around the corner from the White House on Thursday. “I have never seen so many people excited about fruits and vegetables,” she began. “That’s a very good thing.”
She linked the market to the garden on the White House lawn. “When we decided to plant the White House garden, we thought it would be a way to educate kids about eating more healthy. But the garden has turned out into so much more than we could have expected,” she said. “This has been one of the greatest things I’ve done in my life so far.”
She also tied it to the health debate now underway. “I realized that little things like the garden can actually play a role in all of these larger discussions,” she said. Read More