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Michelle Obama visits Va. school, tours garden

Published: November 18, 2009 1:58 PM
By The Associated Press  MATTHEW BARAKAT (Associated Press Writer)

Quick ReadMichelle Obama, agriculture secretary visit Va. school, tour students' vegetable garden

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from students Wednesday as she toured a Virginia elementary school's vegetable garden.

Mrs. Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Hollin Meadows Elementary to promote the Obama administration's Healthier U.S. Schools initiative.

Students showed the first lady how they harvested lettuce from the...

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