District Of Columbia: First Lady And American Indian Children Plant Traditional Crops In The ...

District Of Columbia: First Lady And American Indian Children Plant Traditional Crops In The White House Kitchen Garden   One week after the launch of Let’s Move! in Indian Country (LMIC), and as part of the regular seasonal harvest, Mrs. Obama and American Indian children began the process of planting the “three sisters”– corn, beans and squash – in the White House kitchen garden. This traditional Native American planting technique grows crops in a mutually beneficial manner: the corn...

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