I’m always telling folks to know where their food comes from and to ask their farmers. But what can you do when the farmer lies? Like in this case, both the Food Network and the White House Garden fail the transparency test.
See what happens when hype and political opportunity get out of hand. Perhaps people should stick to getting their food from real farmers. Tip: if there’s no dirt under the finger nails and Jimmy Choo’s on their feet, they’re probably not real farmers.
on Jan 15th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Interesting.
I flagged the White House Garden when NPR said that at the state dinner a couple of months ago (which drew fire for other issues, of course), diners were eating WHG arugula. There were 300 people at that dinner… exactly how big is the White House Garden? Maybe there was one leaf on each plate.
on Jan 20th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Oh, Sophie. Yet another disappointing fact of our media crazed society. Makes one very cynical. Is there any hope here? yes, that our current First Lady wants to put these issues out there for the country to pause and consider. Thanks for keeping us informed.