Last week First Lady Michelle Obama planted a fruit and vegetable garden on the White House grounds.  The 16-acre garden located to the south of the D.C. property will be maintained by the National Park Service but the planting and sowing will be up to the Obama’s and White House staff.

Michelle Obama stated in O magazine’s April issue how important the new garden was to her and her causes, saying, “We want to use it as a point of education, to talk about health and how delicious it is to eat fresh food, and how you can take that food and make it part of a healthy diet.”

In his latest eco-friendly efforts, the governor revealed the California Green Corps which will train young adults between 16 and 24 to work in the state’s green-tech industry.

Schwarzenegger stated at the press conference Monday that he was taking a page out of Obama’s book, saying, “It’s the kind of program President Obama envisioned when he put together the economic stimulus package. It’s all about jobs, jobs, jobs.”

The new green program will be monitored by his volunteerism assistant Karen Baker and will receive around $20 million in initial funding.