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Pop Quiz: World War Two Victory Garden Output

by Dominic Muren, Philadelphia, USA on 07. 9.08
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Answer: D) 40%

Victory Gardens were started as a way of supporting the Allied war effort in Europe during World War II. The idea was to help to lower the price of vegetables needed by the US War Department to feed the troops. Between 1944 and 1945, nearly 20 million Americans had vegetable gardens in their yards or rooftops. Unfortunately, in 1946, with the war over, many residents did not plant Victory Gardens in expectation of greater produce availability.

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Source: Wikipedia's Victory Garden Entry

Comments (5)

This would be a more interesting poll if this figure hadn't been quoted on treehugger so many times in the past few weeks.

jump to top Anthony [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

I wonder how much vegetables they actually ate back then?

jump to top SFGail says:

Anthony, maybe they're surveying readership levels and information retention?

jump to top michi says:

I think you should display the correct answer automatically after the 'vote' button is clicked

jump to top nuvi says:

My grandmother grew a victory garden and in turn taught me how to garden. She grew up in Texas and had large orange and lemon trees in her yard and she would tell me stories of being pregnant during WWII and how she would make herself fresh orange juice everyday!

I think, back then, because of storage issues, more people grew veggies and fruits. I guess it was just easier to ensure tomatoes that season if you grew them yourself rather than waiting on your grocer. Plus, most of the food was going to the soldiers or medical aid.

jump to top Jessica says:

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