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war i liberty gardens 1917 1919 4 depression relief gardens 1930 1938 5 world war ii victory gardens 1940 1945 6 community garden movement 1970 present during world war i and ii gardening became a patriotic and fulfilling activity for all americans both from the united states and canada the first world war also known as the great war was the largest war the world had ever known it was the first time in history that more countries were at war with each other than were at peace canada joined the war with the allied forces when it began in the summer of 1914 following the assassination of the heir the austro hungarian throne wikipedia wwi the us stayed neutral for three years only joining the fray when a german submarine attacked and sank the luxury ocean liner the lusitania in spring of 1917 wikipedia us history throughout the war europe had serious problems getting producing enough food all the farmers in europe had gone off to war during the summer of 1914 leaving their crops ripening in the fields some never to be harvested since that time much of the land in europe had fallen into the war zone making it impossible to farm and the possibility of shipping in food to europe was threatened by the german s aggressive use of submarines to sink any ship the burden fell to north america to provide food for the 120 000 000 people in the countries of the allied forces allied forces provision trucks line a roadway in france 1915 image courtesy of library of congress digital photograhy collection in europe food production was at an all time low there was no meat to be found and in england dairy products were so restricted that a doctor needed to certify that it was necessary for the recipeints health in some cities bread was in such shortage that many days it was not available women in france plouging hardcore 1917 image courtesy of u s national archives and records administration the us though it had not yet joined the war had to cut consumption greatly as well prices increased for foods such as butter eggs and coffee there were meatless and wheatless days to try to cut consumption of highly valued food products as a response to the cuts in consumption community gardens began to spring up everywhere in the early months of 1917 as it became clear that an increase in production was the only answer charles lathrop pack founded the national war garden commission through a campaign of posters cartoons press releases and pamphlets the commission strove to arouse the patriots of america to the importance of putting all idle land to work to teach them how to do it and to educate them to conserve by canning and drying all food that they could not use while fresh pack 1919 10 their posters boasted phrases such as will you have a part in victory every war garden a peace plant can the kaiser sow the seeds of victory and put the slacker land to work a poster distributed by the national war garden commission from the war garden victorious by charles lathrop pack and america responded president wilson called for ever american to contribute in the war to establish democracy and human rights in a proclamation president woodrow wilson said to americans everyone who creates or cultivates a garden helps this is the time for america to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness and extravagance krochmal connie the us department of agriculture formed a committee on pubic information to help plant a million new backyard and vacant lot gardens tucker 1993 124 it was thought that victory gardens would not only feed america so that we could send food abroad but also that we could save on fuel and free transportation and middleman jobs to help with the war effort war garden on boston commons 1918 image courtesy of the war garden victorious by charles lathrop pack here s an idea of the scale of the war gardening effort in dallas in 1918 there were 20 000 gardens that produced over 17 500 cans of vegetables in just a few weeks the town of marian indiana had just 29 000 people and 14 081 gardens that means that almost ever other person in marian had a garden national wide there were 3 million garden plots in 1917 according to the national war garden commission in 1918 that number increased to 5 285 000 plots due to rising education level of gardeners these 1918 plots were cultivated more intensely over 528 5 million pounds of produce has harvested that year pack 1919 it was here that the idea of the city farmer was born when the war ended in 1919 the war garden effort dropped off but many people kept their gardens and would use them again in the victory garden movement of the second world war click any of the links to find out about more urban gardening in us history 1 potato patches 1890 1930 2 city beautiful movement 1890 1910 3 world war i liberty gardens 1917 1919 4 depression relief gardens 1930 1938 5 world war ii victory gardens 1940 1945 6 community garden movement 1970 present to return to the main history page click here below is an assortment of war garden propaganda from both the national war garden commission and the us department of agriculture published between 1917 and 1919 they advertise anything in the name of reduced consumption and increased local production of vegetables free bulletins about gardening opportunities to garden through schools and various other programs and promote food saving methods such as canning below are some examples of war gardens in america during world war i in the background of many you can see the buildings of cities a liberty garden approximately one block square polk st chicago some companies started their own war gardens such as this first year garden started by the eastman kodak company in rochester new york the women of gates rubber company tend to a war garden plot 1914 typical city garden in rochester new york one of 15 000 in 1918 xavia garden on east sixty third street in cleveland oh east liberty ohio to find out more about victory gardens in world war i here are some references in links below bassett thomas j reaping on the margins a century of community gardening in america landscape 1981 v25 n2 1 8 goldstein libby j philadelphia s community garden history city farmer 1997 http www cityfarmer org phillyhistory10 html very brief history of philly s community gardens in the last century krochmal connie 2005 the role of war gardens http www suite101 com article cfm fruit_garden 112567 2 great article about war gardens pack charles lathrop 1919 the war garden victorious http www earthlypursuits com wargarv wargardtitle htm online ebook first published in 1919 by the founder of the national war garden commission really interesting though certainly opinionated and contains very floral and patriot language and lots of good pictures tucker david m kitchen gardening in america a history ames iowa iowa state university press 1993 warner sam bass jr to dwell is to garden a history of boston s community gardens boston northeastern university press 1987 williamson erin a a deeper ecology community gardens in the urban environment u delaware http www cityfarmer org erin html really great paper found of the city farmer website it has great background and history and insite into the need for and role of community gardens in north america urban agriculture photos http homepage mac com cityfarmer photoalbum42 html some good random photos of urban agriculture all ove rthe world and throughout history no other details sorry school children gardening 1912 1918 http homepage mac com cityfarmer photoalbum33 html lots of cute little kids gardening in quaint clothing garden warriors of yesteryear http homepage mac com cityfarmer photoalbum34 html wwi and wwi victory garden pictures wikipedia victory gardens http en wikipedia org wiki victory_garden hardly anything on victory gardens from world war i share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading 4 responses to 3 first world war liberty gardens 1917 1919 p price says june 23 2008 at 9 23 am what a great post nice work am going to mention it on my blog s round up of victory garden related material looking forward to reading more of your site reply jedibabe says november 11 2009 at 5 08 pm i m so excited to find your blog i m doing a master s thesis on urban agriculture and it s relevancy to landscape architecture and you ve given me some great resources keep up the great work reply mr_christopher says january 21 2010 at 5 12 pm what a great website we recently wrote about a local community garden opening in dallas texas which sparked my interest on the subject so my research on the topic and the history of community gardens brought me here very nice website and great information chris reply duane towler says july 23 2011 at 3 27 pm took me time to read all the comments nonetheless i truly enjoyed that article it demonstrated that they are very helpful to me and i am sure to all that commenters here it certainly is good whenever you can not only end up being advised but additionally entertained i believe you d exciting writing this specific article reply leave a comment cancel reply δ search for email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog email address sign me up join 102 other subscribers my email is leheimer gmail com don t hesitate to contact me i love to talk shop pages what is urban agriculture problems with urban agriculture benefits of urban agriculture ua in developing countries urban agriculture in the us and other developed countries what are the methods who farms in the city history of urban agriculture 1 potato patches 1890 1930 2 city beautiful movement 1890 1910 3 first world war liberty gardens 1917 1919 4 depression relief gardens 1929 1939 5 world war ii victory gardens the second time around 6 community gardens 1960 present international history of urban ag chinampas of tenochtitlan marais cities seattle los 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