By Vanessa Richins

Roger Doiron is at it again.

As you may know, he developed the “Eat the View” campaign that helped bring a vegetable garden to the White House.

He worked tirelessly to promote the cause and inspire people to start their own victory gardens.

After the ground for the White House garden was broken, he suggested that supporters of the cause turn their attention towards their own state government buildings. Several governors have already started their own gardens or are pledging to do so. Edible gardens are popping up at state and city government buildings.

Now he is declaring that this July 4th should be “Food Independence Day.” Participants should show their support by growing their own food and buying local as much as possible for this day.

As the Facebook petition says, people should :

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By Vanessa Richins

In the wake of the new White House Vegetable Garden, similar plots are popping up at government buildings around the nation.

One such garden (which they insist was planned before the White House Garden came to be) will be located around the City Hall building in Baltimore, Maryland.

The new Baltimore City Hall Vegetables gardens will be planted where their formal gardens are now located.

It will be almost twice as big as the WH garden, boasting 2000 square feet total.The harvest from the decorative urns, window boxes and raised beds will be donated to Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen that feeds 700-800 people every day.

The Baltimore Sun interviewed Roger Doiron from Eat the View about this new City Hall vegetable garden. “This news about Baltimore is Read the rest of this entry »