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Michelle Obama Talks Gardening On “The Daily Show” (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, May 31st, 2012 in Authors, Food & Drink, Gardening, Videos.

Michelle Obama was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, discussing her latest book on gardening in America and the White House, American Grown.

After bringing up the fact the First Lady’s idea behind some of her initiatives such as the White House Garden was to change kids’ eating habits, Stewart jokingly asked, “Wouldn’t you have been more successful with the colonization of Mars?

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Michelle Obama “American Grown” Book And Recipe

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 in Books, Food & Drink, Gardening, Politicians, Recipes.

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First Lady Michelle Obama has published a gardening book that includes her experiences in the White House garden, gardening while growing up in South Chicago and America’s passion for gardening.

Divided into the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, the chapters of American Grown: The Story of the White House Garden and Gardens Across America contain photographs of the White House Garden’s progress throughout the year, tips for starting and maintaining private and community gardens and, as expected, delicious recipes.

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Snoop Dogg Admires The Grow Your Own Peeps

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Gardening, Male Singers.

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Snoop Dogg the grow your own and stay local type? Who would have thought!

The rapper gave a shout out to a 68-year old man who impressed him by growing an 85.5 pound rutabaga!

For that, Ian Neale of Newport, Wales gets Snoop’s fo’shizzle.

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Michelle Obama May Add Flowers To White House Garden

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 in Food & Drink, Gardening.

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Michelle Obama is considering greening the White House even more by planting a garden of flowers to be used for decorating the halls and rooms of the president’s home.

The First Lady would use the flowers to brighten up the decor in the East and West Wings.

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Mario Batali will return to the New York Botanical Garden to help the organization kick off its 2011 gardening season and launch his Edible Garden.

On April 12, 2011, Batali will be joined by Bronx schoolchildren to celebrate both the benefits of gardening and the 25th anniversary of the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, a hands-on exhibit at the Botanical Garden that teaches gardening techniques.

Batali will prepare vegetable beds and plant seeds for his Edible Garden, an exhibit that runs for several months starting in August, featuring the celebrity chef’s favorite vegetables, cooking demonstrations from BataliĀ and recipes using plants from the garden.

Batali made one of his New Year’s resolutions for 2011 to “master more vegetarian dishes” that can be cooked as a team.

A clip of Batali at the New York Botanical Garden from a previous year can be viewed below.

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April is National Garden Month and what a better way to celebrate than releasing a children’s book about the White House Garden.

First Garden: The White House Garden And How it Grew from Clarion Books, is a 48-page hardcover edition aimed at 6-8 year olds, filled with recipes and colorful pictures in addition to text that traces the history of the garden, from the first dig to the harvesting of hundreds of pounds of vegetables served to the First Family and guests in the White House Kitchen.

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Russell Brand Chooses Gardening Over Sex

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, March 28th, 2011 in Actors, Food & Drink, Gardening.

 

Russell Brand has said in the past his goal is to be a celibate vegan.

His recent marriage to Katy Perry may make that goal a little harder to attain. So he’s revamped his development plan from “no sex” to “less sex, more gardening.”

Hey, that could be the national gardening associations’ new slogan.

“I can’t believe I used to have sex 20 times a week, especially now I’m married,” Brand said. “But now I’m a bloody good gardener.”

Guess Brand has discovered there is more than one good use for a ho(e)….whoa, okay, back to the gardening discussion.

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Megyn Price Feeds Vegetarian Family Members With Backyard Garden

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, March 21st, 2011 in Actresses, Food & Drink, Gardening.

Rules of Engagement actress Megyn Price feeds her family of mixed eaters from the garden in her backyard.

Price told Celebrity Baby Scoop: “We grow whatever’s in season, and as much as our garden will hold! I love to preserve foods as well, so I never mind if we have a bumper crop of anything. I’ve gone so overboard with arugula, that we have a wild patch now, covering our hillside. We’ve got the happiest bunnies in Southern California!”

Price told CNN’s Eatocracy that her family is made of vegetarians and non-vegetarians, so she’s learned to cook accordingly, especially during the Holidays.

“In my house, we have half vegetarians and half meat eaters,” she said.

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