White House Vegetable Garden heirloom seeds and 10 different herbs such as anise hyssop and Thai basil. Former presidents' favorite produce were also sown, such as President Thomas Jefferson’s preferred vegetables, “Brown Dutch and Tennis Ball lettuce, Prickly Seed spinach and Savoy cabbage” but beets were not grown because President Obama did not like them. Along with the vegetable garden, a beehive was added near the chef’s kitchen that is overseen by Charlie Brandts, a beekeeper and White House carpenter. Honey collected from the beehives has been used to brew White House Honey Ale. The contributing gardeners responsible for the early stages of the
Isaac Choy Isaac Choy Isaac W. Choy is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since January 2009 representing District 23. Choy consecutively served from 2009 until 2013 in the District 24 seat. Choy earned his BS in business administration from San Jose State University. In 2017 Isaac Choy submitted legislation in the Hawaii House of Representatives to make "Flavobacterium akiainvivens" the state microbe. This was mirrored by Brian Taniguchi in the Hawaii Senate. This continues an effort started by James Tokioka in 2013, and later contested in 2014 by Senator Glenn Wakai's SB3124 bill proposing