White House Garden Produce Could Be For Sale At Local Farmer’s Market

The Caucus – The Politics and Government Blog of The New York Times asks:
Fresh From the White House Garden?

By RACHEL L. SWARNS
New York Times Blog
The Caucus – The Politics and Government Blog of The New York Times
September 8, 2009

Is First Lady Michelle Obama working to bring her passion for fresh fruits and vegetables to the streets of the nation’s capital? Or at least to a stretch of Vermont Avenue near the White House?

City officials say that Sam Kass, a White House chef and a one-time personal culinary czar for the Obamas, showed up at a community meeting last week to support the efforts of a nonprofit group that is hoping to bring an open-air farmers’ market to a spot near the White House. The market would be open to the public every Thursday from Sept. 17 through Oct. 29.

See the complete story here.

Update September 18, 2009

First Lady Shops on First Day of D.C. Farmers Market

Farmers market closes downtown street
NBC Washington
By MATTHEW STABLEY and NATASHA T. METZLER
Sep 17, 2009

Link to story here.