US CO: Column: A Common-Sense Crop

Colorado Springs Independent, 06 Feb 2013 – Four years ago, Michelle Obama picked up a shovel to make a powerful symbolic statement about America’s food-and-farm future: She turned a patch of White House lawn into a working organic garden. So I’m guessing that now, as she begins another four years in the people’s mansion, the First Lady is asking herself: "What next? What can I do this time around to plant a crop of common sense in our country’s political soil that will link America’s farmers, consumers, environment, and grassroots economy in one big harvest of common good?"