This season’s Biggest Loser featured an episode where the contestants were invited to the White House to visit First Lady Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden. They plucked and harvested lush and supple items that were brought back into the White House kitchen, where everyone was put to work to learn and prepare a presidential salad, which they could easily recreate and incorporate into their everyday meal. What a fun idea!
And this is no wimpy vegetable garden that Mrs. Obama cultivated with her own two hands, nope - it’s a garden Martha would be proud of, showcasing 55 varieties of organic vegetables, from arugula to spinach, chard, collards, kale, and a colourful array of lettuces including red romaine, butterhead, galactic, and red leaf. There are also berries and herbs and two hives of honey to boot. She had some super helpers, too. In fact, 23 grade 5 students from Bancroft Elementary School, along with her own family, helped her build this healthful garden.
But good things are not only growing in Washington - it is a healthy movement that is gaining remarkable steam all over North America. [Read more →]






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