Washington, DC-based child hunger advocacy group Share Our Strength runs after school classes nationwide that teach children about nutrition and health, in an effort to combat the child obesity epidemic. Recently, kids from the DC-area program, called Kids Up Front, visited the White House, and toured the Kitchen Garden with Food Initiative Coordinator Sam Kass. They plucked winter spinach (which is Kass's current favorite vegetable), and discussed the newly installed hoop houses, which allow the garden to continue to grow vegetables in cold weather (even during this weekend's record breaking snowstorm). After the garden visit, Kass took the kids into the White House for a peek at the kitchen. (Above: Kass points out winter spinach to the kids, beneath the hoops)Tomorrow morning on NPR, health reporter Allison Aubrey recaps the White House visit, and highlights Share Our Strength's hunger and anti-obesity initiatives. The program will air at 7:40 AM and 9:40 AM Eastern time, and be available in audio form at NPR's site after 9 AM. There's a text version, here. Click the link above to visit Share Our Strength's website; you can also follow them on Twitter: @sharestrength.
*Tours of the Kitchen Garden, led by Kass and other White House chefs, are being scheduled for school groups; read this post for more information. A video about the hoop houses in the Kitchen Garden is here. *Photo by Maggie Starbard, NPR
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