NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama planted a garden in the Garden State.
Obama visited Philip’s Academy Charter School in Newark, touring their garden and helping with planting on Thursday.
The school created a program to show students how food is grown and how it helps them make healthy choices in their lives. The school links a rooftop garden, teaching kitchen, indoor growing lab and dining room to connect core curriculum with food literacy.
Julian Igwebuike, a 14-year-old Philip’s Academy eighth grader, tells NJ.com he was one of about a dozen students who sat with Obama in the dining room after she toured the indoor growing lab.
He says: “She was a really inspiring person.”
The first lady’s American garden tour highlights the impact and benefits of gardens across the country.
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