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Chickens on the White House Lawn?
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Last week, Michelle Obama broke ground on a new White House vegetable garden. I suggest that the next step be adding a colorful flock of egg laying hens. What could be a better way to bring healthy, fresh and delicious food into the White House kitchen while adding beauty and interest to the otherwise boring White House Lawn?
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tammy | March 29th, 2009
Hi Nicolette! Just came to you site via NYTimes. Looking forward to reading your book and becoming more educated on factory farming. My life has changed over the past year and a half after seeing the “Future of Food” and reading Pollen and now any and all I run across about food. Trying to fight the good fight here in the South…which is always hard because we’re always behind everyone else but remain optimistic when I see things like the garden at the White House and your book. Thanks for working so hard to educate us about something so important. Take care, tammy
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Amy | April 8th, 2009
Great idea, Nicolette! I just found your site (and blog) via the Union of Concerned Scientists’ FEED newsletter. I haven’t eaten red meat in twenty years, but I do still indulge in poultry and fish, and I’m devoted to community supported agriculture, so your sensibilities really appeal to me. Looking forward to following your blog regularly. And yeah, let’s get some free-range chickens eating organic feed on the White House lawn, for use in the Presidential kitchens!
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Karel Traister | April 29th, 2009
Hi Nicolette,
I am so excited that Mrs. Obama is doing this–its about time! And it sends a great message to everyone. I would also like to see The White House put some energy into sourcing their food locally/regionally as well. Think of what a powerful message that would send!
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Yeoman | January 14th, 2011
Indeed, at one time such things were common at the White House. You can find photos in the first quarter of the 20th Century where a dairy cow will still be out on the White House lawn, and riding horses, at least recreational riding, was still going on into the 1920s.
Sad how we’ve lost htat.
Glad to find another blog of a lawyer/rancher, although it looks like you’ve managed to do what I keep hoping I’ll become, ie., become a full time rancher.
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Hi Nicolette! Just came to you site via NYTimes. Looking forward to reading your book and becoming more educated on factory farming. My life has changed over the past year and a half after seeing the “Future of Food” and reading Pollen and now any and all I run across about food. Trying to fight the good fight here in the South…which is always hard because we’re always behind everyone else but remain optimistic when I see things like the garden at the White House and your book. Thanks for working so hard to educate us about something so important. Take care, tammy
Great idea, Nicolette! I just found your site (and blog) via the Union of Concerned Scientists’ FEED newsletter. I haven’t eaten red meat in twenty years, but I do still indulge in poultry and fish, and I’m devoted to community supported agriculture, so your sensibilities really appeal to me. Looking forward to following your blog regularly. And yeah, let’s get some free-range chickens eating organic feed on the White House lawn, for use in the Presidential kitchens!
Hi Nicolette,
I am so excited that Mrs. Obama is doing this–its about time! And it sends a great message to everyone. I would also like to see The White House put some energy into sourcing their food locally/regionally as well. Think of what a powerful message that would send!
Indeed, at one time such things were common at the White House. You can find photos in the first quarter of the 20th Century where a dairy cow will still be out on the White House lawn, and riding horses, at least recreational riding, was still going on into the 1920s.
Sad how we’ve lost htat.
Glad to find another blog of a lawyer/rancher, although it looks like you’ve managed to do what I keep hoping I’ll become, ie., become a full time rancher.