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In October 2008, author Michael Pollan called on then President-elect Obama to go meatless once a week, a simple act that, if undertaken by all Americans, “would be the equivalent, in carbon saved, of taking 20 million midsize sedans off the road for a year.” Pollan also suggested that Obama appoint a White House Farmer and plant an organic garden on five acres of the First Lawn.
The idea of a White House garden isn’t a new one. John Adams, the first resident of the White House, planted veggies there in 1800, and Eleanor Roosevelt tended a victory garden during her days as First Lady. Although the White House lawn is now devoid of a garden, advocates for local foods, like Pollan, have taken up the cause.
Another local food guru and the founder/director of Kitchen Gardeners International, Roger Doiron created the Eat the View campaign urging the First Family to grow produce for the White House kitchen and local food pantries. Since its founding one year ago, Eat the View has been featured in over 450 newspapers and has garnered more than 60,000 electronic signatures on its White House Victory Garden petition. In the past week, Doiron succeeded in making contact with the First Lady’s staff, who was very receptive to the idea.
If you want to plant your own garden but lack a lawn…
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I came across this artical in the Washington Post, I actually never really thought about what is used to grow my lovely vegetables, like manure. I did’nt even know that organic farming can use animal by byproducts to grow vegetables. Instead of using the traditional manure veganic farmers use “green manure”, which is composed plant matter. According to the Veganic Agriculture Network there are only two farms on the East Coast and United States that are Veganic Farms. One of them is in New York and other in Florida. Maybe this will be the next organic or local, but with only 2 farms in the whole country its going to take some time.
Much like certified organic farmers, veganic farmers use no synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or genetically modified ingredients. Veganic farmers take it to another level by not using any manures or slaughterhouse byproducts. They don’t even use organically approved pesticides.
Here are some good resources to learn more about Veganic Farming:
Veganic Agriculture Network: http://www.goveganic.net
Vegan Organic Network: http://www.veganorganic.net
Certified Naturally Grown: http://www.naturallygrown.org
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute: http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org
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