Organic Gardening Guru|Tips For Those Growing Their Own Food Organically
Jun
14
MichelleMalkin asked:
When First Lady Michelle Obama planted an organic vegetable garden on the White House lawn in March 2009, she hoped to both set an example of healthy eating and to grow tasty edibles for her daughters and husband. But Michelle’s organic dream has been dashed by a nasty toxic legacy lurking in the soils of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It turns out that a previous Presidential gardening team had used sewage sludge for fertilizer.
When First Lady Michelle Obama planted an organic vegetable garden on the White House lawn in March 2009, she hoped to both set an example of healthy eating and to grow tasty edibles for her daughters and husband. But Michelle’s organic dream has been dashed by a nasty toxic legacy lurking in the soils of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It turns out that a previous Presidential gardening team had used sewage sludge for fertilizer.
This is a fairly common practice with one huge problem. Sewage sludge tends to be laced with anything that people pour down the drain and often contains heavy metals. Not surprisingly, the National Park Service tested the dirt beneath Michelle’s garden and found the plot has highly elevated levels of lead averaging 93 parts per million. That’s below the 400 ppm that the Environmental Protection Agency says is a threat to human health. But I’d wager that Sasha, Malia and Barack won’t be getting arugula or tomatoes from this garden any time soon.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/07/30/michelle-obamas-toxic-veggie-nightmare-white-house-organic-gar/
Aug
29
KarK asked:
Watch this:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/white.house.garden/?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCVideo
Farm Girl / health advocate (Getting Fatter by the Day) Michelle is educating children and providing for the masses. The veggies will supply the White House kitchen (Routinely Serves 1000+ Five Course Dinners) Shouldn’t someone have told her it’s NOT a Pitchfork (she tells kids repeatedly it is) - it’s a POTATO RAKE used for harvesting ripe potatoes - and possibly shown her how to use some of the tools. Even though she is married to Mr. Potato-head - who’s in charge of putting things into the hands of this administration?
My family, like hundreds of thousands nationwide, have had family gardens our entire life. A few of you and Michelle Obama seem to be the only one’s in the dark. Go to Burpee.com and you can catch up with a company which began in the 19th century.
Watch this:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/20/white.house.garden/?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCVideo
Farm Girl / health advocate (Getting Fatter by the Day) Michelle is educating children and providing for the masses. The veggies will supply the White House kitchen (Routinely Serves 1000+ Five Course Dinners) Shouldn’t someone have told her it’s NOT a Pitchfork (she tells kids repeatedly it is) - it’s a POTATO RAKE used for harvesting ripe potatoes - and possibly shown her how to use some of the tools. Even though she is married to Mr. Potato-head - who’s in charge of putting things into the hands of this administration?
My family, like hundreds of thousands nationwide, have had family gardens our entire life. A few of you and Michelle Obama seem to be the only one’s in the dark. Go to Burpee.com and you can catch up with a company which began in the 19th century.
