There's nothing quite like the pride and goodness that homegrown fruits and vegetables unearth. Throughout its past, one nation took pride in cultivating and harvesting homegrown bounties from gardens which citizens planted, to ensure nourishment for at home and abroad. Victory Gardens were one of several war time measures undertaken by Americans during both World Wars - to compensate for the food shortages generated by a country at war. In response to the call from the government during WWII, approximately 20 million Americans planted Victory Gardens, to do their patriotic duty during this tumultuous time.
At the beginning of World War I, American citizens faced food shortages and rationing of daily food staples: canned goods, meat, sugar, and butter. These normally available foodstuffs were sent abroad for consumption by the troops fighting in Europe, and the citizens of various war-ravaged European countries. In order to stave off excessive adverse effects resulting …show more content…
Communities and neighborhoods united to form cooperatives to diversify crops and duties. Furthermore, media and government agencies encouraged the population to can and preserve their produce for themselves, so commercial canned goods could be available for the troops; as a result, Americans purchased 315,000 pressure cookers used for preserving in 1943. Doing one's duty became a fun, family and community pastime – and a healthy one at that.
After the Second World War, officials estimated the American population had harvested 9-10 million tons of produce. The Victory Garden campaign succeeded in uniting a country, communities, and neighbors together in the effort to help sustain a nation in vitamin rich and sustainable diet. In accomplishing this feat, a thriving patriotic sentiment of the nation, nourished the collective moral appetite of the
At the beginning of World War I, American citizens faced food shortages and rationing of daily food staples: canned goods, meat, sugar, and butter. These normally available foodstuffs were sent abroad for consumption by the troops fighting in Europe, and the citizens of various war-ravaged European countries. In order to stave off excessive adverse effects resulting …show more content…
Communities and neighborhoods united to form cooperatives to diversify crops and duties. Furthermore, media and government agencies encouraged the population to can and preserve their produce for themselves, so commercial canned goods could be available for the troops; as a result, Americans purchased 315,000 pressure cookers used for preserving in 1943. Doing one's duty became a fun, family and community pastime – and a healthy one at that.
After the Second World War, officials estimated the American population had harvested 9-10 million tons of produce. The Victory Garden campaign succeeded in uniting a country, communities, and neighbors together in the effort to help sustain a nation in vitamin rich and sustainable diet. In accomplishing this feat, a thriving patriotic sentiment of the nation, nourished the collective moral appetite of the