Women and children - Grow more food
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Birmingham Mail 22 June 1940
During World War II, women and children were encouraged to ‘Dig for Victory’ and to “Grow More Food” to support the urgency of food production while men folk were away fighting the war. In this article from the Birmingham Mail 22 April 1940, Birmingham City Council stressed that women and children could serve the needs of the nation, and indeed the City, by tending the allotment or garden during a time of national emergency.
Transcription:
Birmingham Mail 22.VI.1940
FOOD PRODUCTION
ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE SUGGESTION
A suggestion that whilst the men folk are engaged in working at high pressure the housewife and members of the family can usefully serve the nation' s needs by tending the allotment or garden, is made by the Allotments Committee of the Birmingham City Council in stressing the ever-increasing importance of the production of more foodstuffs from allotments and private gardens.Intensive cultivation is a vital necessity in the national emergency, and now that so many cultivators are working long hours on war work other members of their families could render great service by assisting in keeping allotments and gardens in order. Many housewives are taking keen interest in the work by planting, weeding and hoeing the ground, and so doing their share while men are otherwise working at high pressure.
This suggestion is given at a time when everyone, man, woman, or child, can play his or her part in the most urgent matter of food production.
