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May 23, 2014 · On August 10, 1917, shortly after the United States entered the war, the U.S. Food Administration was established to manage the wartime supply, conservation, distribution and transportation of...
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Food shortages and rationing were not only an issue during the Second World War, as this food queue in Reading during the First World War highlights. The need to queue was lessened when rationing was introduced during 1918. Rationing also ensured equality of food distribution. See object record.
What was rationing? Rationing made sure everyone in the country got some food. People could only have certain amounts of sugar, meat, butter and milk. Richer families discovered what it...
Rationing was a response to a U-boat campaign carried out by the Germans, which resulted in a loss of supplies; the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was enforced to ensure that food shortages did not occur, so rationing kept the public from facing starvation. At the start of World War One, any food shortages were self-imposed.
Jun 22, 2021 · This article examines the civil and military issues of food and nutrition within the Entente and the Central Powers during the Great War in the context of longer-term developments in global food issues, with a particular focus on the countries of Europe and North America.
A scheme of voluntary rationing was promoted on 1 February 1917, with the aim of reducing the consumption of food in short supply, and to show how to avoid waste when cooking. Teachers in elementary schools took up the challenge and cookery centres were established in Preston. Voluntary Food Rationing Proclamation, Preston Town Hall 1917.
Apr 19, 2022 · Victory gardens were small plots where Americans grew their own fruits and vegetables. Like canning, household gardens created food supplies for Americans at home and freed up commercially produced food for soldiers.
