There is much rejoicing over the Obama family's plan to plant an vegetable garden on the South Lawn. Yes, it's just a garden. And yes, hundreds of families across America have never stopped gardening. (This is apparent in Iowa.) I'm all for sarcastic "trend" spotting. But I think their garden will actually make a symbolic difference; it will get a younger generation to pay attention to where food comes from.And for the lighter, Marxist take on the news:
"In mid-February, Tom Vilsack, the new secretary of agriculture, took a jackhammer to a patch of pavement outside his headquarters to create his own organic 'people’s garden.'"
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