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	OBAMAS TO PLANT VEGETABLE GARDENS AT WHITE HOUSE

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3-22-2009 3:43 PM

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3-22-2009 10:46 PM

papaziar

What a great idea. Teach people to grow their own food so they don't have to rely on farmers. And then the gov't can tax the money they save to subsidize the farmers.

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Sam Kass, an assistant White House chef, left, and Dale Haney, the White House gardener, at the site of the new vegetable garden on the South Lawn. 
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From left, Cristeta Comerford, Sam Kass and Bill Yosses in the White House kitchen. 
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