Sowing the seeds of victory
Subtitle: American gardening programs of World War I
By: Rose Hayden-Smith
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780786470204
Subjects: School gardens; World War, 1914-1918; Vegetable gardening; National War Garden Commission; Women's Land Army (United States); United States. School Garden Army; Victory gardens; United States; Food supply; History
Other titles: American gardening programs of World War I
Description: "This book examines three programs: the National War Garden Commission, the United States School Garden Army, and the Woman's Land Army. The urgency of wartime mobilization enabled proponents to promote food production as a vital national security issue. The connection between the nation's food readiness and national security resonated within the context of America's political and cultural life"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: sowing the seeds of victory; title: Introduction: summary of the National War Gardening Effort; title: The garden revolution; title: In the furrows of freedom; title: The United States School Garden Army; title: Propaganda, posters, promotion and memory; title: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women; title: "Sisters of the soil": the Woman's Land Army of America; title: Mobilization for nutritional defense; title: Conclusion: demobilization, the trajectory of the programs and public policy implications for today.