#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The former First Lady, author of
Becoming, and producer and star of Waffles + Mochi tells the
inspirational story of the White House Kitchen Garden and how gardens
can transform our lives and the health of our communities.
Early in her tenure as First Lady, despite being a novice gardener,
Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House's South Lawn.
To her delight, she watched as fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs
sprouted from the ground. Soon the White House Kitchen Garden inspired a
new conversation all across the country about the food we feed our
families and the impact it has on the nutrition and well-being of our
children.
In American Grown, Mrs. Obama invites you inside the White House
Kitchen Garden, from the first planting to the satisfaction of the
seasonal harvest. She reveals her early worries and struggles--would the
new plants even grow?--and her joy as lettuce, corn, tomatoes, collards
and kale, sweet potatoes and rhubarb flourished in the freshly tilled
soil. She shares the stories of other gardens that have moved and
inspired her on her journey across the nation. And she offers what she
learned about planting your own backyard, school, or community garden.
American Grown features:
- a behind-the-scenes look at every season of the garden's growth
- unique recipes created by White House chefs
- striking original photographs that bring the White House garden to
life
- a fascinating history of community gardens in the United States
From a modern-day vegetable truck that brings fresh produce to
underserved communities in Chicago, to Houston office workers who make
the sidewalk bloom, to a New York City school that created a scented
garden for the visually impaired, to a garden in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, that devotes its entire harvest to those less fortunate,
American Grown isn't just the story of a single garden. It's a
celebration of the bounty of our nation and a reminder of what we can
all grow together.
