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White House greens go to seed
WASHINGTON - In the famous White House kitchen garden, tomatoes are rotting on the vine. Herbs have gone to seed. And the sweet potatoes - a favourite of President Obama - have become worm food.
It is another consequence of the government shutdown, one that only the fox and the squirrels that live on the grounds could love.
A foodie blog called Obamafoodarama that obsessively covers the White House "food ephemera" and the administration's food policy has posted photos of the normally immaculate garden looking more like what most gardeners' plots appear at this time of the year - overgrown.
"Due to the shutdown, garden maintenance has been reduced considerably and only being watered as needed," a White House official confirmed.
First Lady Michelle Obama started the garden on the White House south lawn in 2009, the first time vegetables had been grown there since Eleanor Roosevelt's "victory garden" during World War II.
Mrs Obama uses the garden as a vehicle to talk about healthy eating and reducing childhood obesity. Some of the produce is used at the White House, while much is donated to a local soup kitchen.
REUTERS
WASHINGTON - In the famous White House kitchen garden, tomatoes are rotting on the vine. Herbs have gone to seed. And the sweet potatoes - a favourite of President Obama - have become worm food.
It is another consequence of the government shutdown, one that only the fox and the squirrels that live on the grounds could love.
A foodie blog called Obamafoodarama that obsessively covers the White House "food ephemera" and the administration's food policy has posted photos of the normally immaculate garden looking more like what most gardeners' plots appear at this time of the year - overgrown.
"Due to the shutdown, garden maintenance has been reduced considerably and only being watered as needed," a White House official confirmed.
First Lady Michelle Obama started the garden on the White House south lawn in 2009, the first time vegetables had been grown there since Eleanor Roosevelt's "victory garden" during World War II.
Mrs Obama uses the garden as a vehicle to talk about healthy eating and reducing childhood obesity. Some of the produce is used at the White House, while much is donated to a local soup kitchen.
REUTERS
