Memo to Mrs. Obama from Asia

Over the weekend I was invited on a class trip to Common Good City Farm. I am a
Washingtonian and live very close by the farm but for some reason I had never heard of it which is astonishing since it was so amazing and innovative. This farm is what the city needed when so many people have been diagnosed obese and diabetic with poor eating habits. You would love their mission because it compliments your Lets Move campaign.

The farm is located in the heart of the city in the historic Ledroit Park area. The farm is placed on what use to be a baseball; a place that brought life and promoted outreach into the community. However, long after the diamond field is gone Common Good is not only bringing but delivering a better way of life You can find town homes, a college, and now produce thanks to Common Good City Farm in the community. Their volunteers and two salaried workers have researched, created, and sustained a natural habitat that produces gorgeous flowers such as sunflowers to ready-to-eat fresh fruits and vegetables; fruits and vegetables which has not been chemically-enhanced and sprayed with pesticides ensuring the healthiest and purest produce.

They also live up to their name "Common Good" with their Green Tomorrow Program which allows low income individuals (according to their website there are 1 in every 3 people impoverished in Ledroit Park) to volunteer their services a few hours throughout the week and in return they are allotted an umpteen amount of food harvested.

Mrs. Obama I know you would love the Common Good City Farm. I am sure being the First lady keeps you with a hectic schedule but this is something you would not regret. I know there aren't too many places in the city where you see 15 butterflies around one bush, people working land with no pay for a greater cause, and squash ready to be picked and eaten just below a window of an apartment Common Good is simply 1 in a million. They enrich, provide, and are hopefully leading the way to other farms being created in urban settings.