White House Garden (Fall Harvest) -- Michelle Obama to host public awareness event with Sesame Street Puppet-characters Elmo and Rosita

from online Google Blog -- http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/ . . . . . . . .Monday October 28, 2013. . . . . . . Making up for time lost during the sixteen-day government shutdown, First Lady Michelle Obama will host two back-to-back Let's Move! events at the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 30. After unveiling a new child food marketing initiative, Mrs. Obama will welcome elementary school students from three states and DC for a Fall harvest in her Kitchen Garden, her office announced today. Sesame Street characters Elmo and Rosita will help Mrs. Obama harvest, the East Wing said. The two will also join Mrs. Obama for her marketing announcement. It will be the first time Mrs. Obama has been joined by kids' TV characters during a crop-plucking party, rather than by her usual high-profile guests--celebrity chefs. The Kitchen Garden is entirely restored after falling into chaos during the government shutdown, and ready for harvesting. The veggie fest will follow Mrs. Obama's 2:40 PM announcement in the State Dining Room "about marketing healthier foods to children," the East Wing said. Mrs. Obama will also be joined by representatives from the Produce Marketing Association, a fruit and vegetable trade group with a global membership, and Partnership for a Healthier America, the foundation created to support the Let's Move! campaign. Mrs. Obama serves as honorary chair. The events come on the heels of Mrs. Obama's first-ever White House Convening on Food Marketing to Children, held in September. "Mrs. Obama called on stakeholders to leverage the power of marketing to promote healthy products and decrease the marketing of unhealthy products to kids," the East Wing said. Elmo and Sesame Street are beloved by Mrs. Obama and Let's Move!. The shaggy red character has previously appeared in a White House video promoting healthier school lunches, and Mrs. Obama made an appearance on Sesame Street in 2009 to promote healthy eating and gardening. Big Bird joined the First Lady in a White House video earlier this year. Rosita is the first bilingual Muppet introduced into the Sesame Street oeuvre, and looks like a blue version of Elmo. http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2013/10/wednesday-first-lady-will-make-food.html