Note the "to plant" language below: you're encouraged to think that the all-in cost of this garden was $180.
Why don't more people hire crews of workers (overseen by their personal chef) to garden in their backyard?
Michelle Obama Fall Harvest: Reveals That The White House Garden Cost Only $180 To Plant
Do these guys work for the National Park Service?
[What's the cost of the White House farmer?]
Why don't more people hire crews of workers (overseen by their personal chef) to garden in their backyard?
Michelle Obama Fall Harvest: Reveals That The White House Garden Cost Only $180 To Plant
The First Lady also asked the students how much they thought it cost to plant the garden. They guessed $300, $800, $1000 and $6000 as Michelle acted as auctioneer.YouTube - Inside the White House [Video shows a crew of at least five working on the garden, along with a tractor, tiller, and other machinery]
She then revealed the answer: "Over 740 pounds of food have come out of this little piece of land..... It [cost] about $180."
First Lady Michelle Obama and White House chef Sam Kass tell the story of the first garden on White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden during World War II.
Do these guys work for the National Park Service?
[What's the cost of the White House farmer?]
The White House is looking for a new staff member and one Purdue graduate could fill the position – House Farmer.[Is the US taxpayer paying this chef to oversee the garden?]
The President has always had his own chef, but for the first time the chef wants to focus on locally grown foods; thus the need for a resident farmer. The farmer will transform a five-acre patch of land into an organic garden to grow vegetables for the First Family.
...The top three contestants will be interviewed by Obama, and he will hire one farmer.
The family's meals are largely prepared by Chicagoan Sam Kass, a White House assistant chef, who also oversees the organic garden.[How many other people "worked toward this goal"? How much did the US taxpayer pay to maintain this garden?]
We are thrilled to announce that The White House Farmer site and many other grassroots efforts across the country have together resulted in Michelle Obama and a group of school children breaking ground for a vegetable garden on the South Lawn on the Vernal Equinox, March 20![What's the total cost of setting up and maintaining the White House Farmer web site?]
We congratulate everyone who worked toward this goal. Together we have raised awareness of the value of people growing healthy local foods accessible to all.
Check back as our White House Garden grows, and read an op-ed piece below written by White House Farmer site coordinator Terra Brockman.
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2 comments:
this reminds of solar panels and wind turbines that greens claim are so much "cheaper" and more "efficient" than nuclear and coal
The White House also failed to mention the cost of being allowed to call the food "organic".
It takes 3 years and thousands of dollars to be certified organic.
And what about the equipment costs? Rototillers - hundreds and hundreds of dollars - and the seed costs for organic seeds have to be more than $180 for 5 acres.
What a bunch of lies. I grow veggies sporadically, and between the groundhhogs, bunnies, deer and my own chickens, I'm lucky to harvest much of anything at all. LOL!
But then, I don't have 24 hour security keeping an eye on my plot of land.
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