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    Title
    American Grown
    Subtitle
    The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Michelle Obama
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 271
    Width: 216 mm
    Height: 239 mm
    Thickness: 23 mm
    Weight: 1,043 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780307956026
    ISBN 10: 0307956024
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: GAR002000
    BISAC category code: HEA017000
    BISAC category code: GAR025000
    BISAC category code: HEA046000
    BICMainSubject: VFD
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T11.2
    BICMainSubject: TV
    Illustrations note
    illustrations
    Publisher
    Crown Publishing Group (NY)
    Imprint name
    Crown Publishing Group (NY)
    Publication date
    29 May 2012
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/US
    Main description
    In April 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama planted a kitchen garden on the White House’s South Lawn. As fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs sprouted from the ground, this 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 health and well-being of our children. Now, in her first-ever book, American Grown, Mrs. Obama invites you inside the White House Kitchen Garden and shares its inspiring story, from the first planting to the latest harvest. Hear about her worries as a novice gardener – would the new plants even grow? Learn about her struggles and her joys as lettuce, corn, tomatoes, collards and kale, sweet potatoes and rhubarb flourished in the freshly tilled soil. Get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at every season of the garden’s growth, with striking original photographs that bring its story to life. Try the unique recipes created by White House chefs and made with ingredients just picked from the White House garden. And learn from the White House Garden team about how you can help plant your own backyard, school or community garden. Mrs. Obama’s journey continues across the nation as she shares the stories of other gardens that have moved and inspired her: Houston office workers who make the sidewalk bloom; a New York City School that created a scented garden for the visually impaired; a North Carolina garden that devotes its entire harvest to those in need; and other stories of communities that are transforming the lives and health of their citizens. In American Grown, Mrs. Obama tells the story of the White House Kitchen Garden, celebrates the bounty of gardens across our nation, and reminds us all of what we can grow together.
    Biographical note
    Michelle Obama is the First Lady of the United States and the mother of two daughters. In February 2010, she launched "Let's Move!, " a nationwide initiative to address the epidemic of childhood obesity by bringing healthier food into schools and communities, and encouraging kids to be more active. " American Grown" is her first book.