There was a recent stir…a hubbub if you will…buzz even…over the vegetable garden going in at the White House. Of course this prompted a flurry of articles both about the garden specifically and about the absence of a garden on White House grounds since WWII. I even wrote a quick little blurb about it, because it is very cool in fact. The New York Times featured a couple of really good articles about the broader organic and homegrown food movement as well.
One outlined the argument within the organic community as to whether or not organic is healthier or better, as a rule, than any food that does not display the organic logo. It contains an excellent breakdown of the strengths and weaknesses of organic certification. If you have been living a sheltered existence for the past 5 years or so and have not heard of the term “organic”, check out the organic standards that any certified organic product has to meet.
The other is a rather lengthy investigation into the organic, local, and healthy food movement as a whole. Essentially it says that there is a “perfect storm” – in a good way – converging with a new administration receptive to the movement and consumers finally hopping on board as well. This is giving the movement the twin towers of viability; political and commercial might.
Both articles are good reads, and at a time when many people are trying their hand at garden grown vegetables, it puts emphasis on the fact that supplementing your food supply from the garden is an excellent and increasingly popular course of action.
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