TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “It’s harvest time for Melania Trump.
The first lady, more at home in Manhattan than among rows of crops, hosted local schoolchildren at the White House on Friday [9-22-17] to harvest and replant the vegetable garden Michelle Obama rooted in the South Lawn — carrying on a symbolic piece of the Obamas’ food policy legacy.
Many in food circles had been concerned that Melania Trump and her fast-food-loving husband would not carry on Michelle Obama’s expansive kitchen garden, which has become an internationally recognized symbol of local food and the Obama administration’s push to promote healthy eating…
After brief remarks, the first lady, dressed in a red plaid shirt, black pants and sneakers, joined the children in harvesting lettuce and kale, peas, radishes, Swiss chard and mustard. They also planted cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, carrots, spinach and kale, the White House said.
Melania Trump’s decision to continue the tradition of hosting children at the garden to aid in the harvest surprised some food advocates, especially after the Trump administration in May said it would relax elements of the school nutrition standards Michelle Obama had championed.”
-Helena Bottemiller Evich, “Melania Trump embraces Michelle Obama’s vegetable garden,” Politico, Sept. 22, 2017 01:41pm