One Year: 1990 - Bush vs. Broccoli
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Broccoli Shipment to Washington, D.C.
This chapter discusses the efforts to send a truck filled with fresh broccoli to Washington, D.C. as a donation to President Bush. The chapter describes the logistics of packing the truck with cardboard boxes filled with ice slurry to keep the broccoli fresh and the weight of the broccoli being approximately 10 tons. It also highlights the media attention received and the anxiety caused when the White House inquired about the intentions behind the broccoli shipment.
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