I have written about Kitchen Gardener’s International recently, but they have come up with something even a bit out of the ordinary for them….so I thought I would share….{snip}

“Dear Kitchen Gardener,    

       I am writing to invite you to join me in a group internet action that will cost you but a small amount of time and money and that - if carried out by enough people - could help raise the stature of gardening and local foods in society while raising much needed funds for KGI’s core activities and garden grants program.

So here’s the deal: with one First Family moving out 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the next few months and a new one moving in, KGI is taking it upon itself to organize a little “lawn sale” on their behalf, but not type you might think.

We’re selling the White House lawn itself on eBay in parcels of 1′ x 1′ at a fixed price of $10 each. Please allow me to explain. As a law-abiding nonprofit group, we of course can’t really sell you the South Lawn any more than we can sell you the South Pole or the Brooklyn Bridge. We can’t do it and we don’t have to. The First Lawn already has an owner: the American people!

But, if you’re like me, the White House’s sprawling grassy landscape doesn’t feel like it’s yours. It doesn’t look like it would look if you were Landscaper-in-Chief because it’s missing a key element: an organic kitchen garden. It’s had one before and, given the changing times, it should have one again. Hence the idea of a “lawn sale.” What better way to give people a renewed sense of ownership and control over something than to give them a chance to buy it back?”

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Read the entire article HERE.