NASA, USDA get their green thumbs dirty

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NASA, USDA get their green thumbs dirty

Cold weather did not deter NASA officials and Washington-area students from helping first lady Michelle Obama plant seedlings in the White House Kitchen Garden on...

Michael O'Connell@moconnellWFED

April 6, 2016 9:48 am

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First lady Michelle Obama, left, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, second left, and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, second right, plant the same variety of cabbage that was used in the NASA Veggie plant growth system, that tests hardware for growing vegetables in space, in the White House Kitchen Garden with students on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

(NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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