Victory Gardens in America
Watch this victory garden video
Check out this information page and answer the following questions here on the blog.
Kelly: During World War II, why were Victory Gardens were planted by families in the United States?
Kara: Why were trains and trucks that normally brought food from fields to supermarkets not operating?
Martin: How did Victory Gardens help people stretch their ration coupons?
Evan: Why were canned vegetables rationed do you think?
Jacob: How did schools use the produce they grew in their onsite Victory Garden?
Emma: What did city dwellers who lived in tall apartment buildings do in order to build their garden?
Lauren: How many tons of vegetables were grown in Victory Gardens during the war?
Sally: How did the Government and Agricultural companies help folks maintain and grow their gardens?
Mary Grace:If you were to plant a Victory Garden, what food would you personally grow?
Tanah: Do you think it was smart for the government to include families in the war effort this way? Why or why not?
Luke: What is the definition of rationing?
Johnathan: What main products were rationed?
Rationing
Watch this explanation of rationing
Check out this video
Last video is a crazy video of American agriculture
The schools used their produce in school lunches. I bet it was really good and fresh.
ReplyDeleteYeeeees! XD That would have been amazing! There is a sense of pride when you grow or make something yourself. :) I bet it was really cool to be eating the "fruits of their labor"
DeleteCity dwellers who lived in tall apartment buildings often planted rooftop gardens, and the whole building helped.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a Victory Garden I would plant tomatoes, wheat, spices, and berries. Spices require little water and maintenance. You can easily make jam and can. Also homemade bread and tomato sauce is delicious! Note: The American Agriculture video is not working.
ReplyDeleteOk I am moving next door to you and your victory garden. That sounds awesome.
DeleteI think one of the reasons caned vegetables were rationed is because it is better for people far away to have caned veggies. I also think another reason why they would ration caned vegetables is because can vegetables last longer.
ReplyDeleteThe main products that were rationed were mostly food like carrots, potatoes, bread, corn, and broccoli.
ReplyDeleteand metal like aluminium, steel, iron, tin cans and other sorts of metals.
The pounds of vegtables that were grown in the gardens is 1 million tons =17,ooo tanks
ReplyDeleteThe last video says unavailable for me. :(
ReplyDeleteTrains and trucks that normally brought food from fields to supermarkets were not operating because of the fuel rationing.
Same here.
DeleteMe too!
DeleteVictory Gardens help people stretch their ration coupons because canned vegetables were also rationed
ReplyDeletethe agriculture video didn't work :(
ReplyDeleteVictory Gardens were planted by families in the USA to help stretch their ration cards, so that more food can go to the soldiers at war. Victory Gardens gave people their own resources and basically endless amount of fruits and vegetables, so that American families didn't have to get the food from the stores, which let the food from the stores go to soldiers. Victory Gardens boosted American patriotism, it made many Americans know that they were helping the war effort. Victory gardens is one of my favorite things about WWII
Across the U.S. there were more than 20,000,000 victory gardens at the peak of victory gardens. That's enough for 7 victory gardens for every person!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW that is a lot of victory gerdens
DeleteThey helped the farmers by probably paying them and producing laws. But I could not see the last video and did not find the information to back this up.
ReplyDeleteThe definition of rationing is for people to have a fixed amount of one or multiple items.
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