Town and Country Magazine updates readers on every project Barack and Michelle Obama are Producing for Netflix via their Higher Ground Productions. Since launching the company in 2018, they've released three documentaries—Becoming, Crip Camp, and the Oscar-winning American Factory

If you have nostalgia for the Obama White House years, wonderful memories of Michelle Obama’s campaign called Let’s Move and the WHITE HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN come to mind. Embedded in a wood-and-steel arbor encasing a bluestone slab, the garden’s heavyweight anchor says it was “established 2009 by First Lady Michelle Obama with the hope of growing a healthier nation for our children.”

Right-wingers and companies like DuPont Crop Protection, Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences screamed bloody hell within one week of the garden’s opening — accusing the Obamas of arrogant elitism and driving another nail into the drive among liberals of creating a permanent nanny state.

‘Waffles + Mochi’ on Netflix March 16

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AOC was so amused over the title to the Obamas kids’ food documentary Listen to Your Food & Eat Your Parents that we searched for an update on the project. As ALWAYS happens with AOC’s sixth sense, Netflix announced Tuesday that our beloved Michelle Obama is launching a new show on Netflix on March 16 called Waffles + Mochi!

The original 30 minute Netflix documentary has become a 10-episode series, described by Netflix as “the culinary adventure of a lifetime”.

In addition to executive producing “Waffles + Mochi,” Michelle Obama will play the owner/manager of a “whimsical supermarket” with her own cast of puppet allies. They include Busy, a bee puppet; Mochi, a pink round puppet; and Waffles, a furry puppet with waffle ears. All the characters including Michelle hop aboard a magical shopping cart to seek out ingredients all over the world. “Whether they’re picking potatoes in the Andes of Peru, sampling spices in Italy, or making miso in Japan, these curious explorers uncover the wonder of food and discover every meal is a chance to make new friends,” the streaming service says.

Given that the Obamas know half the world, there will be plenty of A-listers dropping into the show. Netflix promises that “renowned chefs, home cooks, kids and celebrities” will all be dropping in.

OMG! Could Archie, Meghan and Harry be scheduled for an African markets appearance? Stay tuned. ~ Anne

Iconic photographer Peter Lindbergh photographs the cover of British Vogue’s September 2019 issue, guest edited by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex guest edits British Vogue’s September 2019 issue, considered the most important issue of the year. Editor-in-chief-Edward Enninful invited Meghan to appear on the cover, but she declined, saying it would be considered “boastful”. With minions clamoring to criticize the Duchess at every turn in the road, declining was absolutely the correct decision.

Instead, the September 2019 British Vogue cover features 15 women who are “trailblazing changemakers, united by their fearlessness in breaking barriers”, according to a statement issued by Buckingham Palace.

The female ensemble of “trailblazing changemakers” includes activist actor Jane Fonda, climate change advocate, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and supermodel now maternal health advocate Christy Turlington Burns.

Markle has worked on the project for seven months, connecting with Michelle Obama and persuading her husband Prince Harry to join the dialogue with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall.

Rounding out the list are Adwoa Aboah, mental health campaigner and model; Adut Akech, Model and former refugee (although she says she will always be a refugee); Ramla Ali, boxer; Sinead Burke, diversity advocate and lecturer; Gemma Chan, campaigner and actor; Laverne Cox, LGBTQIA+ advocate and actor; Salma Hayek Pinault, actor, producer and women’s rights advocate; Francesca Hayward, royal ballet principal dancer; Jameela Jamil, body positivity advocate and actor; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author and feminist; and Yara Shahidi, founder of Eighteen x 18 and actor (and adored by Michelle Obama).

Meghan said: “These last seven months have been a rewarding process, curating and collaborating with Edward Enninful, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, to take the year’s most-read fashion issue and steer its focus to the values, causes and people making impact in the world today.

“Through this lens I hope you’ll feel the strength of the collective in the diverse selection of women chosen for the cover as well as the team of support I called upon within the issue to help bring this to light.

“I hope readers feel as inspired as I do by the forces for change they’ll find within these pages.”

"To have the country's most influential beacon of change guest edit British Vogue at this time has been an honour, a pleasure and a wonderful surprise," said Enninful. The September 2019 issue hits newsstands on Friday, August 2.

The cover is photographed by Peter Lindbergh — his first British Vogue cover since September 1992. Many of the women were photographed via video links.

The 16th spot on the cover will appear in print as a silver reflective mirror, to show how you, the reader, are part of this extraordinary moment in time – and to encourage you to use your own platform to bring change.

The Duchess will introduce Forces for Change in her own words in her guest editor’s letter, in addition to her interview with America’s former First Lady Michelle Obama.