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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…
Brownie's Victory Garden
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…
The Victory Garden PBS Podcast
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…
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,…
World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities
Teaching World War II to kids. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for authors to introduce children to the Second World War.…
Great World War II Projects: You Can Build Yourself
Teaching Children about World War II. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for authors to introduce children to the Second…
Victory Gardens
Instructional video about growing a victory garden. Another way that FDR's government propagated victory gardens was through instructional videos that informed the population on how to properly tend gardens. They often highlighted the ease of growing…
Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)
Importance of contributing to the national food supply, and grow your own food. This propaganda video highlights the farm garden, and describes the important role that famers played in the war effort. In addition to growing produce for to sell, the…
Wartime Nutrition (1943)
Instructional video on the importance of nutrition. This propaganda video focuses on the importance of nutrition and what will happen to Americans if they do not eat the right type of food. This propaganda film serves as a warning as to what will…
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…