President Obama's Green Thumb - The Details on the White House Garden
The white house garden, at 1,100 square feet, will provide fresh fruits and vegetables for the Obama family, the white house staff and even visitors to the white house. The amount of food produced at even such a "small" scale garden is surprising to say the least. It has been said that for every $100 spent on producing food at home over $1700 worth of food is produced. Some benefits that the Obama family will experience from having their own whitehouse vegetable garden include the following:
