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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…
Going our Way? Be a Victory Farm Volunteer
Girl and a boy with gardening equipment. This propaganda poster invites youth to participate and experience harvesting and growing food. They are invited to work on a farm which will help increase the food supply. This poster emphasizes the voluntary…
Gardens To Educate and Inspire Children
Children visiting the white house gardening. 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…
Gardens of Service
Food bank community garden sign. 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 to engage…
For Work, For Play, 3 "Squares" a Day
Poster of a family's day. This propaganda poster emphasizes the importance of a balanced and healthy diet. Proper nutrition, such as the nutrition that a family could receive from the vegetables in the victory garden that they plant and tend, is…
Food is a Weapon: Don't Waste it!
Empty plate with bones on it. This poster shows the importance that food had during the Second World War. In his speeches, Franklin Roosevelt, constantly referred to food being a powerful resource, and often equated the value of food to being as…
Fill It! Help Harvest War Crops
Empty basket being held by two hands, farm fields in the background with people harvesting crops. This propaganda poster advertises two things. The first is the importance of participating in the growing of food. Even if you were unable to grow your…
Every Child Needs A Good School Lunch
Cartoon boy and girl playing catch. Real boy eating a nutritious meal. Healthy nutrition and access to food was very important to FDR's administration. This poster told the home front that children's nutrition was especially important. In addition,…
Engaging Our Children in Our Gardens
Boy holding a basket of the green beans that he picked. 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…
Brooklyn Schools Made Empty Spaces Bloom
School children planting and growing a 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…