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Fri Apr 5, 2013, 10:02 AM Apr 2013

Children help Michelle Obama Plant White House Vegetable Garden


First lady Michelle Obama plants spinach as she talks with fifth grader Ariana Docanto, right, from Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville, Mass., during the spring planting of the White House garden, Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

First Lady Michelle Obama was assisted by green-fingered students as she planted lettuce and other crops in the White House garden for spring.

Pupils from Washington DC, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont were invited to join Mrs Obama because their schools are working hard to improve the nutritional standards of their lunches.

"Are you ready to plant?" the First Lady asked. "Ok, let's get going. Let's do it!"

Other crops in the White House garden include kale, spinach, potatoes, broccoli, radishes and garlic. Some of the food grown is given away to a local soup kitchen.

read/watch clip: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/michelle-obama/9973214/Children-help-Michelle-Obama-plant-White-House-vegetable-garden.html




Michelle Obama hands Bread Wheat seeds to Ariana Docanto, a 5th grader at the Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville. Associated Press photo


The first lady on Thursday planted lettuce and other crops in her garden on the South Lawn of the White House, with an assist from schoolchildren from Washington, D.C., and several school districts around the country. Two varieties of wheat were planted for the first time: club wheat and bread wheat.

Other crops now growing in the garden are spinach, kale, Swiss chard, endive, potatoes, radishes, garlic, fennel, broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens and herbs, along with raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and an apple tree. The first lady personally planted rows of wheat, spinach and kale, with help from a few students. Other students planted the remaining crops, with an assist from White House staff members. Also helping were military veterans in training for careers in sustainable agriculture . . .

read: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/First-lady-plants-White-House-garden-for-spring-4410085.php#ixzz2PWnx2xmm



First lady Michelle Obama plants spinach with Nolan Deep, left, from Milton Elementary School in Milton, Vt., and Kaila Bourne, right, from Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology Academy in Knoxville, Tenn., during the spring planting of the White House garden, Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


The 5th grade students from Sarah Moore Green Elementary were selected because of the efforts made at the school to encourage healthy eating and lifestyle.

"The schools in your state have been doing a phenomenal job, and that's one of the reasons why we invited this school. Just talking to the kids in the garden, they know their vegetables, are excited about the garden, they know food from the garden tastes better, are excited about their salad bar. That's what they were talking to me about in the garden," said Michelle Obama.

The Tennessee kids, wearing their bright orange shirts, planted all kinds of vegetables in the garden, which will eventually find their way to the table of the First Family and local food pantries.

read/watch clips: http://www.wbir.com/news/article/263286/2/Knox-Co-kids-help-the-First-Lady-plant-the-White-House-garden




Michelle Obama hands Bread Wheat seeds to Ariana Docanto, a 5th grader at the Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville. Associated Press photo


Two varieties of wheat were planted for the first time: club wheat and bread wheat.

The lettuce should be ready in a couple of weeks. The wheat will need until at least July to grow.

Other crops now growing in the garden are spinach, kale, Swiss chard, endive, potatoes, radishes, garlic, fennel, broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens and herbs, along with raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and an apple tree . . .

The first lady personally planted rows of wheat, spinach and kale, with help from a few students. Other students planted the remaining crops, with an assist from White House staff members. Also helping were military veterans in training for careers in sustainable agriculture.

read: http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2013/04/somerville_students_join_miche.html



First lady Michelle Obama smoothes out the dirt as she plants wheat seedlings with fifth graders Ariana Docanto, right, from Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville, Mass., and Emilio Vega, left, from Benjamin David Gullett Elementary School in Bradenton, Fla., during the spring planting of the White House garden, Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the White House in Washington. (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais)




Pablo Martinez Monsivais


few more pics here: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/04/its-gardening-time/
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2. Students
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 03:42 PM
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FLOTUS ?@FLOTUS 21h

Students from around the country join the First Lady to plant the @WhiteHouse Kitchen Garden: http://wh.gov/LJ04 pic.twitter.com/JjjIuHInQh

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6. WH photo of the day
Sat Apr 6, 2013, 09:22 AM
Apr 2013


First Lady Michelle Obama plants seeds with students during the spring White House Kitchen Garden event on the South Lawn of the White House, April 4, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
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