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Be a Victory Farm Volunteer
Photograph of a boy and a Girl with a field full of people harvesting crops. This propaganda poster endorsed the idea that it was important for the population to grow food. Furthermore, this poster demonstrates that tending the food supply was an…
Where Our Men are Fighting, Our Food is Fighting
Food crate being parachuted down accompanied with two soldiers. FDR's administration valued food. They constantly told the home front population how important it was. They endorsed the policy of having Americans grow their own food because it…
Grow Your Own: Be Sure!
Red, White, and Blue "V" ribbon surrounded by vegetables. Franklin Roosevelt realized that he could use propaganda posters as a way to encourage the home front to participate in growing a victory garden. His administration used colorful posters to…
Victory Gardens: Handbook of the Victory Garden Committee War Services, Pennsylvania State Council of Defense
Handbook with advice and instructions for growing a victory garden during the Second World War.
Local governments provided manuals to instruct the home front population on the proper and best way to grow a garden. Essentially, it was believed,…
Local governments provided manuals to instruct the home front population on the proper and best way to grow a garden. Essentially, it was believed,…
Join us on the Farm Front! Be a Victory Farm Volunteer of the U.S. Corp
Girl and a boy posing with gardening equipment. This propaganda poster invites young boys and girls to be part of the larger movement of growing food. It encourages them to take part in a voluntary program that FDR has constantly told them to engage…
The Readington Community Garden, Readington Township, New Jersey
New Jersey community working their community garden. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This program…
Let's Move
Let's Move, youth at the White House Kitchen garden. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This program…
Great Soil for a Great Garden
White house employees fertilizing the garden. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This program encourages…
The White House Team
White House employees tending the garden. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This program encourages children…
The White House Team
White house employees tending the garden. In our current time, government-endorsed gardening has once again become an important political policy. Through the urging of Michelle Obama, the Let's Move! was established. This program encourages children…