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This year, the vegetables served at the White House will be as locally grown as possible–right on the South Lawn. After a campaign by gardeners and sustainable food activists, the First Family has decided to dig up part of the White House grounds for a vegetable garden. In a ceremony Friday, First Lady Michelle Obama and local elementary school students will break ground for the project.

It's part of the first lady's promotion of healthy food for her daughters, Malia and Sasha, as well as for the nation. While the Clintons did have a small rooftop garden that grew vegetables and herbs and Laura Bush made sure organic foods were served in the residence, this is the first full-scale planting on the lawn in more than 60 years–since Eleanor Roosevelt had a Victory Garden during World War II.