Obama’s will not eat from their own White House garden? Say what? by Jerry Hart

garden2 New homes are full of questions and possibilities. What color to paint the walls? How to arrange the furniture? What to plant in the garden? The Obama family must have asked a lot of those same questions when they moved into the White House. However, the first lady’s dreams of growing an organic vegetable garden have been dragged down by a previous resident that refuses to leave: sludge.

Michelle Obama’s “organic” garden has been besieged by icky goo in the ground. As a result, the veggies aren’t quite what the first lady had in mind. According to Daily Finance, the National Park Service tested the soil in the vegetable patch and found “highly elevated levels of lead” due to sewage used as fertilizer.

So the question is: Who to blame? While dumping sewage into the ground sounds like a crime worthy of Mr. Burns burns from “The Simpsons,” the actual perpetrators were none other than the Clintons. Yep, back when Bill and Hillary were living it up in the White House, their gardening team used “sewage sludge for fertilizer.” The fiends!

Sounds gross, but it’s actually fairly common. However, it does mean that the highly touted “organic garden” will never “attain organic status.” The certification process doesn’t allow “the use of sludge as a fertilizer substitute.” And there’s another problem: If Malia and Sasha weren’t into eating their veggies before, it’s going to be that much harder to get ‘em to eat ‘em now.

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7 Responses to “ Obama’s will not eat from their own White House garden? Say what? by Jerry Hart ” {+}

comment by Julia

Aug 2, 2009 @ 6:43 am

The Obamas would be setting a much better example by purchasing all of their organic vegetables from an organic farmer – who could probably use the money.

While their at it, if they’re trying to be green, how about ditching the bottled water?
comment by Jack

Aug 12, 2009 @ 1:05 pm

There’s no way ever it will work its way out? Now I can never look at the White House lawn the same way again. But what a perfect metaphor for so many things wrong with the “ideal” we uphold from suburbia to Washington.
comment by Claire Richardson

Oct 4, 2010 @ 10:54 am

i like michelle obama coz she is very down to earth person’*,
comment by KRISTIE ATKINS

Nov 13, 2010 @ 10:52 am

Interesting post and I felt it was better from previous entries on your site.
comment by elisheba

Nov 18, 2010 @ 6:07 am

They can use raised beds of purchased soil instead of giving up.
comment by Faith Simmons

Jan 25, 2011 @ 9:30 am

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comment by elisheba

Feb 23, 2011 @ 8:44 am

How about not using chemical ( non-edible ) cosmetic products that end up in our water supply ?…and not using harmful lawn care products ?