Victory gardens were gardens maintained by individuals to reduce the strain of the infrastructure. The government encouraged people to raise and can their own food.
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Victory gardens
These were known as Victory Gardens, and were an effort to maintain the supply of food during the war years. In this way, everyone could participate and feel they were doing something to help the cause. See the Web Link to the left for more information and links.
They were all part of the sacrifices Americans made for the war effort.
During WW1, Charles Lathrop Pack organized the US National War Garden Commission in 1917. Victory gardens were planted in private and public lands and reduced the strain on the food supply strain as well as increased the morale of the homefront.
The British government took away the power of private banks to issue money as debt with interest attached and minted their own money, the Bradbury Pound, as credit with no debt attached to it.