Fall Harvest With Michelle Obama

The kids are amazed at the giant sweet potatoes:

This was the March planting:

Michelle Obama Champion of Healthy Eating

I'd like to see the Obamas plant a garden on the White House lawn.

NYT: Mrs. Obama was praising the menu last week at Miriam’s Kitchen, a nonprofit drop-in center serving this city’s homeless. And she seized the moment to urge Americans to provide fresh, unprocessed and locally grown foods to their families and to the neediest in their communities.

“You know, we want to make sure our guests here and across the nation are eating nutritious items,” said Mrs. Obama, who served lunch to several homeless men and women and delivered eight cases of fresh fruit to the soup kitchen, all donated by White House employees.

“Collect some fruits and vegetables; bring by some good healthy food,” she said. “We can provide this kind of healthy food for communities across the country, and we can do it by each of us lending a hand.”

In her first weeks in the White House, Mrs. Obama has emerged as a champion of healthy food and healthy living. She has praised community vegetable gardens, opened up her own kitchen to show off the White House chefs’ prowess with vegetables and told stories about feeding less fattening foods to her daughters.

White House officials say the focus on healthy living will be a significant item on Mrs. Obama’s agenda, which already includes supporting working families and military spouses. As the nation battles an obesity epidemic and a hard-to-break taste for oversweetened and oversalted dishes, her message is clear: Fresh, nutritious foods are not delicacies to be savored by the wealthy, but critical components of the diets of ordinary and struggling families.

It is a notable shift in direction. The former first lady, Laura Bush, insisted that fresh, organic foods be served in the White House, but did not broadcast that fact to the public, according to Walter Scheib, who served as executive chef under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

“She just didn’t talk much about it outside the house,” Mr. Scheib said of Mrs. Bush.

Michelle Serves Lunch at Neighboring Soup Kitchen

Yesterday on The View, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, conservative and a Limbaugh defender, tried to argue (against RuPaul) that other first ladies have been as formidable as Michelle Obama. No Way.
Michelle Obama is a power house. She proves herself to more incredible every day. Imagine the lives she lifts just by being a presence. Michelle at Miriam's Kitchen:

AP: The mystery server at lunch was ... Michelle Obama.
The first lady spent part of her lunch hour Thursday scooping mushroom risotto for homeless men and women at a soup kitchen a few blocks from the White House.
Her presence was a surprise for the people there for lunch.

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