I hope this is of interest. Just imagine what a farm or garden at the White
House might do for the raw foods movement.
Our farmer here at Troy Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, is locked in a tight
race for the lead for the voting for White House Farmer. At 4:13 PM Central
today, with 28% of the vote, she is in second and only trails the leader by
366 votes, or 4%, from a field of 34 candidates.
Please go to the White House Farmer site and
<http://whitehousefarmer.com/?page_id=119> cast your vote for Claire today.
We have received a lot of media attention on this. During three days last
week, Claire interviewed with two newspapers, three radio stations, and
three television stations. You can read the article published in The Capital
Times <http://www.madison.com/tct/news/434201> here.
After you have voted, please spread the word by forwarding this message
using the link below. Thanks for your support!
More information:
Claire Strader, farmer at Troy Community Farm in Madison, Wisconsin, has
been nominated for White House Farmer. All nominees are listed on
WhiteHouseFarmer.com <http://www.whitehousefarmer.com/> , and we are asking
for your support. Voting is currently open through midnight Sat., Jan. 31.
In an October NY Times article
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?ref=magazine&pag
ewanted=all> , Michael Pollan called for the creation of a White House
Farmer position and suggested turning five acres of land on the White House
grounds into an organic fruit and vegetable garden. In turn, the website
WhiteHouseFarmer.com <http://www.whitehousefarmer.com/> was conceived by
The Brockmans, a family farm in Illinois.
Claire's nomination says she, "...is just the woman to turn 5 acres of the
White House lawn into the nation's premier urban farm. Claire has worked in
small-scale organic agriculture for 15 years, including her 8 years at Troy
Community Farm where she turned a 5-acre parcel of weedy urban landscape
into a highly productive and wonderfully beautiful vegetable farm. Not only
does Claire produce food for CSA, market, and wholesale on this small urban
farm, she also educates college students, high-school youth, and adult
volunteers through the farm's internship programs."
*
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=ws9o8wcab.0.0.8utrkqcab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitehouse
farmer.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D119&id=preview> Cast your vote for Claire today!
* Visit the White House Farmer website
<http://www.whitehousefarmer.com/>
* Read an <http://www.madison.com/tct/news/434201> article on Claire
in The Capital Times
* Read the NY Times article that started it all
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?ref=magazine&pag
ewanted=all>
______________________________
Bob Gragson, Executive Director
Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens
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