As we reported in "Getting Back to the Garden at the White House," First Lady Michelle Obama has planted an 1,100-square-foot vegetable-and-fruit garden at the presidential home (shown), joining a growing number of Americans tending to food gardens at home.

The news of the garden garnered the expected array of positive coverage, but one organization was unhappy that the FLOTUS' garden is an organic one.

The Mid America CropLife Association, which represents major chemical manufacturers, and its CropLife Ambassador Network program sent Mrs. Obama a letter that the MACA says "encourag[ed] her to consider using crop protection products and to recognize the importance of agriculture to the entire U.S. economy." ("Crop protection products" are agricultural chemicals.)

Read more about this unusual story in "Pesticide Industry Bugging Out on Obamas" on NotInMyFood.org, which like the Home & Garden blog is published by Consumers Union. e-mail | Twitter