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First Lady at HHS: “Kids change quickly!”

Last week, ask Michelle Obama visited the Department of Health and Human Services. One of the major focuses of her speech was healthy eating. Towards the ...

It’s National School Lunch Week. President Obama: “Every young American deserves access to a wholesome, nutritious lunch.”

President Obama has proclaimed this week as National School Lunch Week (and every subsequent 2nd week in October.) *Full text of Proclamation below or here. *To read ...

Elmo, Michelle Obama, and the kids in the neighborhood plant a vegetable garden on Sesame Street (with a little comic relief from Big Bird)

Tomatoes, resuscitator cucumbers, lettuce, and carrots will soon be growing on America's favorite make-believe street.  Michelle Obama is taking her gardening skills to Sesame ...

First Lady Hosts Farm Fresh Spouses Dinner at G20 Pittsburgh Summit

Last night, ailment Mrs. Obama hosted the spouses of world leaders at Rosemont Farm, a working farm owned by Teresa Heinz Kerry.  Included on ...

First Lady inaugurates farmers market by The White House.

First lady Michelle Obama inaugurated the new FRESHFARM Market by the White House yesterday. At beginning of the remarks, she spoke of how the White House ...

The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden (A new video)

Today, the White House released a brand new video about The White House Kitchen Garden, featuring interviews with First Lady Michelle Obama and White House ...

Obama’s new idea: The White House Farmers’ Market!

(Question begins at 1hr6min30sec, food part begins at 1hr9min50sec.) President Obama said today that he'd like to see a farmers' market right outside the White House.  ...

White House Kitchen Garden lead levels under control

For the past few weeks, an absurd panic has been brewing with regards to the lead levels at the White House Kitchen Garden. The original soil ...

Michael Pollan’s latest thoughts on the White House Kitchen Garden (and cooking or the lack thereof)

Michael Pollan first called for an edible landscape at the White House way back in 1991, neuropathologist during the Bush I era. Imagine an 18-acre ...

Brainfood in the White House Kitchen (and Kitchen Garden)

The Obama administration is making good on their promise to open up the White House to their neighbors. The latest group to enjoy the ...