White House Rooftop Vegetable Garden?

We now know from a former executive chef that there has been a vegetable garden on the roof of the White House. The White House chef from the Bush administration has been retained by the Obamas. Is it safe to assume that the garden on the roof is still there. 

As previously reported we also know that Rick Bayless, the Obama's favorite Chicago chef, grows vegetables in EarthBoxes on the roof of his restaurant. 

From 1994 to 2005 I was the executive chef at the White House. This offered me not only the personal honor of serving two unique and interesting first families, but the professional challenge of fulfilling Hillary Clinton’s mandate of bringing contemporary American cuisine and nutritionally responsible food to the White House.

This meant that nearly all the product used was obtained from local growers and suppliers. There was a small garden on the roof of the White House where produce was grown.

The ethic of the purchasing and the cooking at the White House under my direction and under the continuing direction of Cris Comerford is one of respect for the pedigree of the product and manner it is grown, gathered, raised or caught.

The Clinton and Bush families dined regularly on organic foods. Both wagyu and grass-fed beef were frequently used.

The presumptions of Ruth Reichl, Alice Waters and Danny Meyer, that the admirable agenda they espouse is not currently the practice in the White House kitchens, are false.

Walter Scheib
Great Falls, Va.