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
CHOY-FM CHOY-FM CHOY-FM (99.9 FM), branded as "Choix FM", is a French language radio station broadcasting at 99.9 MHz from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The station currently plays country music with the slogan "L'Acadie country" and is owned by the Maritime Broadcasting System with its studios at 1000 St George Boulevard. Preceding CHOY, the only private francophone broadcaster in Moncton had been CHLR 1380 AM, which began broadcasting October 31, 1981 until January 2, 1985. On August 24, 2000, Denis Losier, on behalf of a company to be incorporated received approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate