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"Sure, everybody talks about how marvelous organic vegetables are these days -- but have they ever seen a tomato hornworm? Do you really want that kind of monster crawling over stuff you put in your mouth? One person apparently does: Michelle Obama. She has vowed to defile the White House lawn by putting in an organic vegetable garden on the South grounds, near the fountain. Such a decision was, in retrospect, entirely predictable. After all, one of the Obamas' first moves as new White House occupants was to hire a cook obsessed with "locally sourced foods," which is code for "filthy dandelion greens ripped from the nearest sewer grate, and perhaps some fresh pigeon meat."" - Jason Toney from Bookmarklet

Oh, I know. But you'd be amazed how many people pretty much have that exact attitude about home grown/small farm grown veg. If it's not bought from the store, it's tainted... - FFing Enigma

"While the organic garden will provide food for the first family’s meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Mrs. Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at time when obesity has become a national concern." - Bret Taylor from Bookmarklet

Alice Water was there for the inauguration and the Obama's were talking about a garden then. I'm glad they are going ahead with it. I am planting my own organic garden this year, bigger than ever. Now I need to get Zakh and Duke and Mike to weed it. - amelia arapoff

""They are really excited about being able to show to the world that there's a better way in a positive, healthy manner. We need to eat better. We need to take care of the land," says Shanks. He calls theirs a natural progression for the White House kitchen." - R. Ferguson from Bookmarklet

that would be really great, esp. for one of the quick fire challenges at the beginning with some sort of organic theme. - R. Ferguson

"Welcome to herdshare.com - we are in the process of creating a site that will enable farmers and their share holders to set-up and manage their herd share agreements and operations. What is a herd share? Consumers pay a farmer a fee for boarding their cow, (or share of a cow), caring for the cow and milking the cow. The cow share owner then obtains (but does not purchase) the milk from his/her own cow." - Chris Messina from Mento

Wow, that's pretty awesome - Rahsheen?

I definitely prefer raw milk but can't always make it to the farmers' market. - Akiva

Yes, as a creative person, I agree. Thanks, Sambodhi Prem - Sambodhi Prem