No matter who becomes the 44th president of this country, I really hope they’re a fan of gardening, especially edible gardening. Eat the View, a campaign to plant healthy, edible landscapes in high-impact and visible places hopes this also.

Eat the View is urging the next president of the United States to plant an organic food garden on the White House lawn. Sure, you say, this is a fun idea at best, but how can the food be used? Eat the View recommends part of the produce go to the White House kitchen and the rest to local food pantries. There’s even a petition you can sign on their website that urges the White House to set a positive example for the country and the world.

You might think this idea is far fetched, however, no traditions are being broken here. The White House has had fruit and vegetable gardens before. In fact, you’ll be surprised to find out that upon occupying the White House, one of John Adams first additions was a vegetable garden. Andrew Jackson was into gardening as well. He created the White house orangery, a greenhouse where tropical fruit tress and flowers grew. Eleanor Roosevelt even planted a victory garden on the White House lawn in 1943, an event that lead to millions of Americans to do the same in their own white houses.

Eat the View presses the White House to show how we can meet global challenges, such as climate change, food security and fossil fuel dependence. The project however, isn’t just restricted to the White House. Eat the View encourages you to plant your own lawn garden. The city of San Francisco is already getting in on the action by planting a Victory Garden in front of the their town hall. Los Angeles should look into this - it might help our city in many ways, including possibly lowering the obesity rate and reducing consumption of fast food.

This is a project of Kitchen Gardeners International, a nonprofit network of 6500 gardeners from 100 countries who advocate growing your own food.

Here is a short video Kitchen Gardeners have put out explaining their campaign for a White House edible garden:

Photo via Eat the View

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