American Grown, Michelle Obama
American Grown, Michelle Obama
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American Grown
The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America

Author: Michelle Obama

Narrator: Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, Christeta Comerford, Sam Kass, Bill Yosses, Various

Abridged: 4 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2012


Synopsis

#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
• 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.

About The Author

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on November 02, 2014

Excellent read, makes you re-think what you have on your plate and what you think about foods. I am ready to go to more farmer's markets and check out Growing Power. The author does a great job of explaining how times have changed from the old school attitudes towards food. Fruits and vegetables on......more

Goodreads review by Ruthie on August 28, 2012

I love every single thing about this book! Every.Single.Thing! The story of the White House Kitchen Garden is interesting and inspiring, and the side stories and history really bring everything into focus. Let's create a healthy earth, healthy bodies, healthy families, and healthy communities. It can......more

Goodreads review by Kolumbina on October 03, 2018

A beautiful, beautiful book written by Michelle Obama about establishing her first vegetable garden in White House. It was not only a vegetable garden, there were also fruits and bees/beehives. Michelle Obama admitted that she didn't have any previous experience about growing veggie gardens and she......more

Goodreads review by Jen on November 15, 2020

I found this in my neighborhood little free library- what a treasure! I love gardening, the Obama’s and I learned that they put a beehive in the White House gardens! This was a lovely book- passing it on to my mom before I put it back in our free library for others to enjoy.......more

Goodreads review by Carly on July 04, 2021

A lovely reflection on the Obama’s Get Moving initiative, White House garden and the importance of access to fresh produce. Highly recommended!......more