Roger Doiron dug up his front lawn in Scarborough last spring, in part to expand his vegetable garden and in part to set an example for our next president.

Dorion is behind an Internet-based petition calling for the next "Eater-in-chief" to restore Eleanor Roosevelt's Victory Garden and replace some of the expansive sod at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with vegetables. His "Eat the View" campaign and a companion video called "This Lawn is Your Lawn" have been getting lots of support, especially as high food and fuel prices and concern about global warming led to a victory garden revival in back yards -- and some front yards -- across the country.

Today, Doiron's video was named a third-place winner in a national contest called Climate Matters. The winning videos, which are meant to inspire the next president and congress to take action on climate change, will be shown on national television and distributed to all presidential nominees and each member of Congress, according to the organizers.

The contest was sponsored by Brighter Planet and 1Sky, in partnership with Vimeo.com.

Look here for the full story and to see the winning videos.

And here's a quick look at the Doiron's effort:

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