American Grown: The Story Of The White House Kitchen Garden And Gardens Across America (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Loved hearing about Michelle Obama's decision to grow a garden at the White House and all of the things she learned along the way. Growing your own food isn't easy and she gives tips that she learned along with snippets from many of the people who helped her make the garden happen.She gave a lot of statistics about the diet of most Americans and what it is doing to us and our children. It is amazing...especially the difference in how many people failed the physical test the army gives to enter. In less than 8 years the failure rate went up from 4% for men to 40%! Unbelievable! And the fact that they have to pay for more dentists to see soldiers leaving for service because their teeth are so bad!The wake up calls are out there. I just hope that people like Michelle Obama can inspire others to eat more healthfully and get a better connection to their food. A great read and a passionate vision shared. Loved the emphasize on creating good, organic soil and the honesty of outlining failures as well as successes in this very public food garden. This book is about the modelling of a new vision, of gardening together and sharing the surplus. Great recipes as well and many examples of people across America changing lives, environments and creating new work opportunities in food gardens in new, unexpected and sometimes difficult terrains. This is about a new way of living and being, a real and happy way to rebuild lives and health
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