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This image depicts children learning about how to grow their own food. It was posted on a social media site in order to draw attention to the importance of gardening in the public school system. It is in agreement with the government-endorsed…

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This post accompanies the photo that depicts children learning about how to grow their own food. It was posted on a social media site in order to draw attention to the importance of gardening in the public school system. It is in agreement with the…

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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,…

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Gardening advice podcast, which carries on the traditions of providing advice to people growing gardens. Out of all the ways that the victory garden has been remembered in our society since the days of World War II, the Victory Garden television…

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Cartoon to encourage the population to grow victory gardens during World War II. Victory garden propaganda videos were often specifically aimed at children. This cartoon showed kids a fun and fanciful way that vegetables grew, with the hopes of…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…
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