In a victory for the local food movement, Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey in the latest edition of O magazine that the Obamas are planning a veggie garden near the fountain on the south lawn of the White House."We want to use it as a point of education, to talk about health and how delicious it is to eat fresh food, and how you can take that food and make it part of a healthy diet," Obama told the magazine.
The local food movement is gaining ground thanks to the economic recession. More and more Americans are starting gardens, according to The Daily Green.
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