Michelle Obama hosts UN spouses at NY farm

AP ^ | September 24, 2010 | JOCELYN NOVECK

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POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y. — First lady Michelle Obama gave her healthy eating initiative a global showcase Friday when she welcomed spouses of world leaders to tour a farm north of New York City, then treated them to a seasonal lunch featuring bounty from the farm and the White House garden.

The spouses, who came from places as diverse as Cameroon, Mongolia, Swaziland and Latvia, toured the Stone Barns Center about 25 miles north of New York, which is both a farm and an educational center working on sustainable farming — a cause close to the first lady's heart.

And it shares the premises with one of the most renowned restaurants in the New York area, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, where the women lunched on sungold tomatoes from the White House Kitchen Garden, eggs harvested minutes earlier from the farm's chickens, and chicken with eggplant and ratatouille — also from the White House garden.

Addressing the spouses, Mrs. Obama, wearing an appropriately floral-and foliage-themed print dress, ...

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Day one:

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[aruanan]

"In my country, that's a _________."

[evets]

[Ditter]

What is the purpose of this trip? Does she think these women have never seen a farm or a chicken before? Wonder why she didn’t take them to a top notch hospital and let them watch heart surgery or something like that?

[little jeremiah]

The only one that looks happy is the Moslem one. For some strange reason. Mrs. 0thugga certainly has her usual upbeat and happy expression on.

[libertarian27]

Michelle:"That's not a Chicken. Where's the breading? Where's the box? Where's the Cole Slaw? Is there an Ice Cream Farm nearby?

[AbolishCSEU]

HI-larious!

[LibFreeOrDie]

That dress didn't look any better the first time she wore it, back in January 2009:

[angcat]

Is she in Bedford NY. What the hell is Wookie doing in NY.

[jla]

To 4 - LOL, exactly!

[dforest]

Bet ya those Sungold maters weren’t from the Moochelle WH garden.

[Gator113]

Will this fun filled tour include a joy ride in Air Force One, buzzing New York?

OR, did the last such joyful moment get too much publicity, nearly exposing the truth, ruin it for these lovely ladies?

[TheThirdRuffian]

"We kept these around the house in Chicago to teach our daughters how to walk."

[Jmouse007]

Do they have WUGU Beef or lobsters growing on this farm?

[Don Corleone]

Caucasians not welcome??

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[LibFreeOrDie]

Let me try that again... January 2009:

[aruanan]

The only one that looks happy is the Moslem one. For some strange reason. Mrs. 0thugga certainly has her usual upbeat and happy expression on.

"America, your chickens have come home to roost. Run on, little red hen, run on for a little while longer while the BBQ spit is sharpened."

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