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Why Start a Victory Garden?
Your mission for this year is to start a garden
Back during World War II, both the United States and Great Britain began what they called Victory Gardens. Great Britain had started the idea when the Axis powers began their quest to take over Europe during the late 1930s and early 1940s. As the Nazis rolled over their neighboring countries and swallowed up agricultural land in its wake, the British Isles took action to feed their people on their island nation. People had to grow their own food not only to feed the people, but also to support the country’s military efforts.
When the United States joined in the fight after declaring war on the Axis powers and joined the allies in the battle, they too joined the fight to feed their population and the populations of those who fought with them. Victory gardens were not only a means to help feed people but also served as a means that they could feel as though they were helping the war effort.
Every State in the United States had a program with recommendations for what to have in vegetable gardens based on that State’s population’s climate, nutritional, and caloric needs.
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